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home-directory produces wrong /etc/passwd

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From: Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: home-directory produces wrong /etc/passwd
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 23:09:00 +0300

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Hello Guix,

I've added a guix-offload user to my system, because I've found that
‘~/.guile’ with following content break ‘guix offload’.
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(use-modules (ice-9 readline))

;; Enable completion at the REPL.
(activate-readline)

;; Colorize
(use-modules (ice-9 colorized))
(activate-colorized)

(define-macro (try function)
  `(catch 'quit (lambda () ,function) (const #f)))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I choose a ‘/var/run/guix-offload’ for guix-offload's home directory:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(operating-system
  (groups (cons* …
                 (user-group (name "guix-offload"))
                 %base-groups))

  (users (cons* …
                (user-account
                 (name "guix-offload")
                 (uid 1982)
                 (group "guix-offload")
                 (home-directory "/var/run/guix-offload"))
                %base-user-accounts))
  …
)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

but I cannot login to ‘guix-offload’ user with ‘sudo -u guix-offload -i’:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
sudo: unable to change directory to /home/guix-offload: No such file or directory
sudo: unable to execute /gnu/store/q4b3s9y4i0da36drp7zfq9yqcf43s47v-bash-4.4.19/bin/bash: No such file or directory
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

and a ‘getent’ program confirms home directory is wrong:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
natsu <at> magnolia ~$ getent passwd guix-offload
guix-offload:x:1982:30002::/home/guix-offload:/gnu/store/q4b3s9y4i0da36drp7zfq9yqcf43s47v-bash-4.4.19/bin/bash
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---


Choosing ‘(home-directory "/home/guix-offload")’ is a workaround.

Oleg.

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Message #10 received at 32273-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 32273-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32273: home-directory produces wrong /etc/passwd
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 14:33:42 +0100

Hi Oleg,

Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> I choose a ‘/var/run/guix-offload’ for guix-offload's home directory:
>
> (operating-system
>   (groups (cons* …
>                  (user-group (name "guix-offload"))
>                  %base-groups))
>
>   (users (cons* …
>                 (user-account
>                  (name "guix-offload")
>                  (uid 1982)
>                  (group "guix-offload")
>                  (home-directory "/var/run/guix-offload"))
>                 %base-user-accounts))
>   …
> )
>
>
> but I cannot login to ‘guix-offload’ user with ‘sudo -u guix-offload -i’:
>
> sudo: unable to change directory to /home/guix-offload: No such file or directory
> sudo: unable to execute /gnu/store/q4b3s9y4i0da36drp7zfq9yqcf43s47v-bash-4.4.19/bin/bash: No such file or directory
>
>
> and a ‘getent’ program confirms home directory is wrong:
>
> natsu <at> magnolia ~$ getent passwd guix-offload
> guix-offload:x:1982:30002::/home/guix-offload:/gnu/store/q4b3s9y4i0da36drp7zfq9yqcf43s47v-bash-4.4.19/bin/bash
>
>
> Choosing ‘(home-directory "/home/guix-offload")’ is a workaround.

Sorry for overlooking this bug report.  Someone reported the very same
issue on IRC a few days ago and commit
b297934437932de730432629b361fcb422accbb7 fixes it.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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