As root: chown gast /home/gast...

Feb 18, 2026 10:51:00 gfp <[email protected]>:

> Am 18.02.26 um 10:18 schrieb poplin:
>> Hello, could  you check that you have a /home/gast directory owned by gast?
> 
> this seems the problem, thanks
> 
> it is not owned by "gast"
> see screenshot (sorry it is in German, but you will understand it)
> 
> Besitzer/owner:   1001 - user #1001
> 
> How can I change that?
> 
> thanks
> 
> Gottfried
> 
> 
> 
>> 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:
>>>>>> …
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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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