From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ivan Vilata i Balaguer Subject: bug#31001: Emacs: "User xyz has no home directory" Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:50:37 -0400 Message-ID: <20180330225037.GD20775@sax.terramar.selidor.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49874) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f22rR-0007yG-7V for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:51:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f22rO-0003gZ-L4 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:51:05 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:52622) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f22rO-0003gD-G3 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:51:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f22rO-0005Mc-9T for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:51:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49832) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f22r5-0007s3-27 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:50:44 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f22r2-0003OT-Gi for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:50:43 -0400 Received: from lev.selidor.net ([66.246.138.156]:42525) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f22r2-0003Nl-D4 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:50:40 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: 31001@debbugs.gnu.org Hi there, After updating Emacs to 25.3 (now sitting at `/gnu/store/6cflji7h6y0v15dvnccv7paaa7894gdc-emacs-25.3`), on start it doesn't load configuration and it shows this error: Error (initialization): User has no home directory I do have a home directory, it's working and my user is in `/etc/passwd`. I found this link to describe the same issue in Nix, and the same fix that worked for me (i.e. install `nscd`): I'm running Guix `d4e0ebd016091695adbad8ecdb7de03c0fbd7bf5` under Debian Sid; relevant entries in `/etc/nsswitch.conf` are: passwd: compat systemd group: compat systemd shadow: compat Thanks a lot! -- Ivan Vilata i Balaguer -- https://elvil.net/