#29706 - GuixSD: Please add the ability to change shells for root

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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: BJH2017 <brentonhorne77@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#29706: GuixSD: Please add the ability to change shells for
 root
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Hi,

BJH2017 <brentonhorne77@gmail.com> skribis:

> Using the configuration file /etc/config.scm it is fairly straight forward
> to change shells for a given user account on GuixSD 0.14.0, such as using:
>
> (operating system
>    (users (cons (user-account
>                          (name "user")
>                          ....
>                          (shell "/run/current-system/profile/bin/zsh")))))
>
> , but for root this is impossible. Is it possible this feature could be
> added?

I just realized it’s actually possible: if you add an account with
UID 0, then that account is the root account.

So you can write:

  (operating-system
    ;; …
    (users (cons (user-account
                   (name "this-can-be-root-or-something-else")
                   (uid 0)
                   ;; …
                   (shell (file-append zsh "/bin/zsh")))
                 …)))

… and you get a root account with the chosen name and shell.

Does it work for you?

I’ve clarified the situation:

  https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=45f6211730157c50ade4dbf770e60871f1067ad6

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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#29706 GuixSD: Please add the ability to change shells for root