On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 11:32:07AM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > merge 23220 21108 > thanks > > Leo Famulari <[email protected]> skribis: > > > When initializing a new GuixSD system with /home on an encrypted > > partition (as described in the manual), unprivileged users' home > > directories are not created. > > > > I initialized the system with the encrypted partition locked and > > unmounted, but <kyamashita> from #guix had the same problem even though > > they had unlocked and mounted the partition. > > Right, see <http://bugs.gnu.org/21108>. > > > Of course, root can create the directories once the new system has > > booted, but none of the configuration files are there, which means the > > environment is not what is expected (my PATH was '/bin:/usr/bin'). > > In which case did you get this value of PATH?
I now realize that I had used, as root, `su leo`. When using `su -l leo` I get the correct PATH. I'm not sure if getting the login shell would have helped or not in that situation, but I think this part of my complaint is invalid for now. > > I worked around the problem by removing my user from the operating > > system configuration, reconfiguring, putting my user back in the > > configuration, and reconfiguring again. > > Definitely not great. > > Thanks, > Ludo’.
