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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-06-27 18:57:33 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-06-27 19:06:08 +0200
commit459dd9eaf2ded3bd5676af7e62892db2c7880758 (patch)
treef393be707acffa51a2a3370678a32c98a6f8a169 /gnu/services
parentf2c403eab62513c88b27ec3e4db5130a476c06ca (diff)
downloadguix-459dd9eaf2ded3bd5676af7e62892db2c7880758.tar.gz
system: Add a 'system?' field to user accounts.
* gnu/system/shadow.scm (<user-account>)[system?]: New field.
* gnu/system.scm (user-account->gexp): Add it.
* guix/build/activation.scm (add-user): Add #:system? parameter and
  honor it.
  (activate-users+groups): Handle the 'system?' part of user tuples.
  Pass it to 'add-user'.  Don't create PROFILE-DIR when SYSTEM? is
  true.
* gnu/services/dbus.scm (dbus-service): Add 'system?' field for
  "messagebus" account.
* gnu/services/base.scm (guix-build-accounts): Likewise.
* gnu/services/avahi.scm (avahi-service): Likewise.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/services')
-rw-r--r--gnu/services/avahi.scm1
-rw-r--r--gnu/services/base.scm1
-rw-r--r--gnu/services/dbus.scm1
3 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/avahi.scm b/gnu/services/avahi.scm
index 4b52fd7840..4ba1a513ab 100644
--- a/gnu/services/avahi.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/avahi.scm
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ sockets."
       (user-accounts (list (user-account
                             (name "avahi")
                             (group "avahi")
+                            (system? #t)
                             (comment "Avahi daemon user")
                             (home-directory "/var/empty")
                             (shell
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index 35e5d42fa8..0df4f652da 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ starting at FIRST-UID, and under GID."
                     (lambda (n)
                       (user-account
                        (name (format #f "guixbuilder~2,'0d" n))
+                       (system? #t)
                        (uid (+ first-uid n -1))
                        (group group)
 
diff --git a/gnu/services/dbus.scm b/gnu/services/dbus.scm
index 3fbbfde09b..2f67e26a1e 100644
--- a/gnu/services/dbus.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/dbus.scm
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ and policy files.  For example, to allow avahi-daemon to use the system bus,
       (user-accounts (list (user-account
                             (name "messagebus")
                             (group "messagebus")
+                            (system? #t)
                             (comment "D-Bus system bus user")
                             (home-directory "/var/run/dbus")
                             (shell