gfp <[email protected]> writes:

> Am 11.02.26 um 17:58 schrieb Ian Eure:
>> Hi gfp,
>> 
>> gfp <[email protected]> writes:
>> 
>>> Hi Guix,
>>>
>>> I changed the name of the second user: "Gast" in my config.scm
>>> and now after updating system config.scm
>>> this second user is not shown up in the beginning.
>>> I can´t log into it.
>>>
>>> My first user: "gfp" is shown up
>>> and underneath it says: "not shown"
>>> If I enter into that it asks me for the user
>>> I said "Gast"
>>> then it asks me for the password
>>> but it does not recognise my password,
>>> which I established earlier.
>> 
>> You’re mixing declarative (your operating-system configuration) and 
>> stateful (your password set with `passwd' in a shell).  When you changed 
>> the declarative configuration, it destroyed your existing user and 
>> created a new one.  Since there’s no password in the declarative 
>> configuration, it didn’t set one.  You need to set the password again.
>> 
>> I am still confused by the mentions of Samba, "The Samba Public User," 
>> etc.  Samba has no bearing on your goal or problems, as you have stated 
>> them.
>> 
>>   -- Ian
>
> thanks
>
> how can I add a password to "gast" if I can´t log into that account?
>
>
> Gottfried

As root, use “passwd gast”.

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