Hi and thanks all!
What a stupid oversight on my part!
Cheers,
Peri
On 2026-04-07 02:38, Rutherther wrote:
Hi Peri,
On 7 April 2026 02:11:49 CEST, Peri Didaskalou<[email protected]> wrote:
Hello help-guix,
I recently installed Guix System successfully, (albeit, the David Wilson way on
non-free hardware). I now want to add my first additional user.
As per the manual, I carefully edited the new user into /etc/config.scm via
sudo emacs /etc/config.scm
Note that you can copy the config anywhere and edit it as your normal user, no
need for sudo.
, with the extra line: (password (default: f#)).
After saving the file and subsequently rebooting, I logged in as myself and
attempted to edit the password for the new user with passwd, but the user
account had not been created.
You have omitted the step that actually applies the config, reconfigure - guix
system reconfigure /etc/config.scm. This one has to be ran as root as you
modify the system. When it succeeds, the user will be created, without a reboot.
Rutherther
