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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/services/base.scm | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/system/linux.scm | 4 |
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 59d60bc263..9ae91a8d1e 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -5699,7 +5699,7 @@ automatically. @var{login-pause?} can be set to @code{#t} in conjunction with @var{auto-login}, in which case the user will have to press a key before the login shell is launched. -When true, @var{login-program} is a gexp denoting the name +When true, @var{login-program} is a gexp or a monadic gexp denoting the name of the log-in program (the default is the @code{login} program from the Shadow tool suite.) diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm index 865d461a1e..7f37b3da00 100644 --- a/gnu/services/base.scm +++ b/gnu/services/base.scm @@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ stopped before 'kill' is called." (define* (mingetty-service tty #:key - (motd (plain-file "motd" "Welcome.\n")) + (motd (text-file "motd" "Welcome.\n")) auto-login login-program login-pause? @@ -374,12 +374,19 @@ automatically. @var{login-pause?} can be set to @code{#t} in conjunction with @var{auto-login}, in which case the user will have to press a key before the login shell is launched. -When true, @var{login-program} is a gexp denoting the name +When true, @var{login-program} is a gexp or a monadic gexp denoting the name of the log-in program (the default is the @code{login} program from the Shadow tool suite.) -@var{motd} is a file-like object to use as the ``message of the day''." - (with-monad %store-monad +@var{motd} is a monadic value containing a text file to use as +the ``message of the day''." + (mlet %store-monad ((motd motd) + (login-program (cond ((gexp? login-program) + (return login-program)) + ((not login-program) + (return #f)) + (else + login-program)))) (return (service (documentation (string-append "Run mingetty on " tty ".")) @@ -854,7 +861,7 @@ gexp, to open it, and evaluate @var{close} to close it." (define %base-services ;; Convenience variable holding the basic services. - (let ((motd (plain-file "motd" " + (let ((motd (text-file "motd" " This is the GNU operating system, welcome!\n\n"))) (list (console-font-service "tty1") (console-font-service "tty2") diff --git a/gnu/system/linux.scm b/gnu/system/linux.scm index ac5005ebd1..7461a4a61f 100644 --- a/gnu/system/linux.scm +++ b/gnu/system/linux.scm @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU -;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> +;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> ;;; ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix. ;;; @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ dumped in /etc/pam.d/NAME, where NAME is the name of SERVICE." (lambda* (name #:key allow-empty-passwords? motd) "Return a standard Unix-style PAM service for NAME. When ALLOW-EMPTY-PASSWORDS? is true, allow empty passwords. When MOTD is true, it -should be a file-like object used as the message-of-the-day." +should be the name of a file used as the message-of-the-day." ;; See <http://www.linux-pam.org/Linux-PAM-html/sag-configuration-example.html>. (let ((name* name)) (pam-service |