@item @code{home-directory}
This is the name of the home directory for the account.
+@item @code{create-home-directory?} (default: @code{#t})
+Indicates whether the home directory of this account should be created
+if it does not exist yet.
+
@item @code{shell} (default: Bash)
This is a G-expression denoting the file name of a program to be used as
the shell (@pxref{G-Expressions}).
files)))
(define* (add-user name group
- #:key uid comment home shell password system?
+ #:key uid comment home create-home?
+ shell password system?
(supplementary-groups '())
(log-port (current-error-port)))
"Create an account for user NAME part of GROUP, with the specified
`("-G" ,(string-join supplementary-groups ","))
'())
,@(if comment `("-c" ,comment) '())
- ,@(if home
+ ,@(if (and home create-home?)
(if (file-exists? home)
`("-d" ,home) ; avoid warning from 'useradd'
`("-d" ,home "--create-home"))
#t)))))
(define* (modify-user name group
- #:key uid comment home shell password system?
+ #:key uid comment home create-home?
+ shell password system?
(supplementary-groups '())
(log-port (current-error-port)))
"Modify user account NAME to have all the given settings."
(zero? (system* "groupdel" name)))
(define* (ensure-user name group
- #:key uid comment home shell password system?
+ #:key uid comment home create-home?
+ shell password system?
(supplementary-groups '())
(log-port (current-error-port))
#:rest rest)
(define activate-user
(match-lambda
- ((name uid group supplementary-groups comment home shell password system?)
+ ((name uid group supplementary-groups comment home create-home?
+ shell password system?)
(let ((profile-dir (string-append "/var/guix/profiles/per-user/"
name)))
(ensure-user name group
#:supplementary-groups supplementary-groups
#:comment comment
#:home home
+ #:create-home? create-home?
#:shell shell
#:password password)
(default '())) ; list of strings
(comment user-account-comment (default ""))
(home-directory user-account-home-directory)
+ (create-home-directory? user-account-create-home-directory? ;Boolean
+ (default #t))
(shell user-account-shell ; gexp
(default #~(string-append #$bash "/bin/bash")))
(system? user-account-system? ; Boolean
#$(user-account-supplementary-groups account)
#$(user-account-comment account)
#$(user-account-home-directory account)
+ #$(user-account-create-home-directory? account)
,#$(user-account-shell account) ; this one is a gexp
#$(user-account-password account)
#$(user-account-system? account)))