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-rw-r--r--gnu/services/cups.scm10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/cups.scm b/gnu/services/cups.scm
index f10615e59e..17ed04e58b 100644
--- a/gnu/services/cups.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/cups.scm
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   #:use-module (guix records)
   #:use-module (guix gexp)
   #:use-module (ice-9 match)
-  #:use-module ((srfi srfi-1) #:select (append-map))
+  #:use-module ((srfi srfi-1) #:select (append-map find))
   #:export (cups-service-type
             cups-configuration
             opaque-cups-configuration
@@ -50,7 +50,13 @@
 ;;; Code:
 
 (define %cups-accounts
-  (list (user-group (name "lp") (system? #t))
+  (list (or
+         ;; The "lp" group should already exist; try to reuse it.
+         (find (lambda (group)
+                 (and (user-group? group)
+                      (string=? (user-group-name group) "lp")))
+               %base-groups)
+         (user-group (name "lp") (system? #t)))
         (user-group (name "lpadmin") (system? #t))
         (user-account
          (name "lp")