bug#40567: mpd-service-type needs a pre-existing user in system and does not works with a new user defined in config.scm
Hi Veera, On 2020-04-12 05:25, R Veera Kumar wrote: > Hi, > > This is to report: > mpd-service-type needs a pre-existing user in system and does not works > with a new user defined in config.scm. Running guix system reconfigure > gives some getpw error. > > Guix system reconfigure works fine if we add temporarily a user with useradd. > > Thanks, > Veera This bug no longer applies as mpd-service-type has gone through some refactorings in the meantime. Worth noting is that mpd-service-type isn't meant to be used with interactive user-accounts, for such cases a home service variant should be used instead. Cheers, Bruno
bug#40567: mpd-service-type needs a pre-existing user in system and does not works with a new user defined in config.scm
On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 09:55:15AM +0530, R Veera Kumar wrote: > This is to report: > mpd-service-type needs a pre-existing user in system and does not works > with a new user defined in config.scm. Running guix system reconfigure > gives some getpw error. > > Guix system reconfigure works fine if we add temporarily a user with useradd. I suppose the service was written with the assumption that one would choose their own user as the MPD user, since they likely own the music library. We could make the MPD service extend accounts-service-type to handle user accounts for a "system user" but it depends on the expectations of MPD users, or at least people using this service. At least, we could add a more informative error message.
bug#40567: mpd-service-type needs a pre-existing user in system and does not works with a new user defined in config.scm
Hi, This is to report: mpd-service-type needs a pre-existing user in system and does not works with a new user defined in config.scm. Running guix system reconfigure gives some getpw error. Guix system reconfigure works fine if we add temporarily a user with useradd. Thanks, Veera
