Hello, could you check that you have a /home/gast directory owned by gast?
Feb 18, 2026 09:44:38 gfp <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > I gave up the Samba configuration, because I don´t need that at the moment. > > I tried to change the password for the second user "gast" with > > sudo passwd gast > > and it seemed to be ok. > > but it is impossible to log into that user. > It seems that it doesn´t recognise the password. > > Is there an option in Guix > to find out what the password looks like, > so that I can see it on the screen displayed? > > If not, how can I proceed? > > thanks > > gottfried > > > > Am 11.02.26 um 22:38 schrieb Noé Lopez: >> 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”. >> > > > -- > Mit freundlichen Grüßen > > G. Preihs > > () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail > /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments > > Why is HTML email a security nightmare? See https://useplaintext.email/ > > Please avoid sending me MS-Office attachments. > See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
