Yes, Thanks James,
I stupidly overlooked this fundamental detail!
I thank you, and everyone else who've rightfully slapped me correctly
for my careless oversight.
Many Thanks,
Peri Didaskalou
On 2026-04-07 08:38, James Smith wrote:
Hi,
Peri Didaskalou<[email protected]> writes:
As per the manual, I carefully edited the new user into /etc/config.scm via
sudo emacs /etc/config.scm, with the extra line: (password (default: f#)).
After saving the file and subsequently rebooting, I logged in as myself and
attempted to edit the password for the new user with passwd, but the user
account had not been created.
So I tried the (password (crypt "InitialPassword!" "$6$abc")) suggestion.
Doing so also didn't create the account.
After saving your system config file, did you run "guix system
reconfigure /etc/config.scm"? Guix doesn't read /etc/config.scm on
boot-up or when saving the system config file, only when running "guix
system init" or "guix system reconfigure".
HTH,
James Smith
