Hi, BJH2017 writes:
> (thought I had CC'ed the group with my last comment but unfortunately gmail > doesn't do this by default, sorry) > > Ya I do have %base-user-accounts in my config file here is what I had for > user accounts in full: > > (users (cons > (user-account > (name "root") > (uid 0) > (group "root") > (supplementary-groups '("home-directory")) > (home-directory "/root") > (shell (file-append zsh "/bin/zsh"))) > (user-account > (name "fusion809") > (comment "Brenton Horne") > (group "users") > (supplementary-groups '("wheel" "netdev" > "audio" "video")) > (home-directory "/home/fusion809") > (shell "/run/current-system/profile/bin/zsh")) > %base-user-accounts)) > > guessing the problem here is that I have two user-account fields? That's correct. Either use: (cons (user-account ...) (cons (user-account ...) %base-user-accounts)) Or (cons* (user-account ...) (user-account ...) %base-user-accounts) HTH, Alex > On 20 December 2017 at 00:53, Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> wrote: > > Please always keep the list Cc’d. > > BJH2017 <brentonhorn...@gmail.com> skribis: > > > No it doesn't, I have this at the moment: > > > > (name "root") > > (uid 0) > > (group "root") > > (home-directory "/root") > > (shell (file-append zsh "/bin/zsh"))) > > > > and I get the error: > > > > guix system: error: failed to load '/etc/config.scm': > > /etc/config.scm:35:9: /etc/config.scm:35:9: Wrong number of arguments to > > #<procedure cons (_ _)> > > ‘cons’ adds an element to a list, so it takes two arguments: > > (cons account list) > > as in: > > (cons (user-account …) %base-user-accounts) > > HTH! > > Ludo’.