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From: Bruno Victal <mirai@makinata.eu>
To: R Veera Kumar <vkor@vkten.in>
Cc: 40567-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40567: mpd-service-type needs a pre-existing user in system and does not works with a new user defined in config.scm
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 22:45:34 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4f766d9e-1b1d-8903-ad1c-573c1078f11b@makinata.eu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200412042515.GA3430@tulip>

Hi Veera,

On 2020-04-12 05:25, R Veera Kumar wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is to report:
> mpd-service-type needs a pre-existing user in system and does not works
> with a new user defined in config.scm. Running guix system reconfigure 
> gives some getpw error.
> 
> Guix system reconfigure works fine if we add temporarily a user with useradd.
> 
> Thanks,
> Veera

This bug no longer applies as mpd-service-type has gone through some refactorings in the meantime.
Worth noting is that mpd-service-type isn't meant to be used with interactive user-accounts, for
such cases a home service variant should be used instead.


Cheers,
Bruno




      parent reply	other threads:[~2023-03-30 21:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-12  4:25 bug#40567: mpd-service-type needs a pre-existing user in system and does not works with a new user defined in config.scm R Veera Kumar
2020-05-29  2:27 ` Leo Famulari
2023-03-30 21:45 ` Bruno Victal [this message]

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