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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-02-08 00:18:25 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-02-08 00:18:25 +0100
commitea0e9ce2e6d0c99106c47ee32203b92933a837de (patch)
tree9d578ad2496679c6828ffebc0e000260cb5c5bf7
parent7a03af707c1a77a660f3d45686587c87c11c7562 (diff)
downloadguix-ea0e9ce2e6d0c99106c47ee32203b92933a837de.tar.gz
gnu: Move root's home directory to /root.
* gnu/system.scm (operating-system-derivation): Change root's
  'home-directory' to "/root".
* gnu/system/vm.scm (operating-system-default-contents): Add /root.
-rw-r--r--gnu/system.scm2
-rw-r--r--gnu/system/vm.scm1
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index e06b8103a5..6918d5bcb8 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ alias ll='ls -l'
                             (password "")
                             (uid 0) (gid 0)
                             (comment "System administrator")
-                            (home-directory "/"))
+                            (home-directory "/root"))
                           (append (operating-system-users os)
                                   (append-map service-user-accounts
                                               services))))
diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm
index 1bdd2c6e92..dea7d0599b 100644
--- a/gnu/system/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm
@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ basic contents of the root file system of OS."
               (directory "/tmp")
               (directory "/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root" 0 0)
 
+              (directory "/root" 0 0)             ; an exception
               ,@(append-map user-directories
                             (operating-system-users os))))))