Hi Peri, On 7 April 2026 02:11:49 CEST, Peri Didaskalou <[email protected]> wrote: >Hello help-guix, > >I recently installed Guix System successfully, (albeit, the David Wilson way >on non-free hardware). I now want to add my first additional user. > >As per the manual, I carefully edited the new user into /etc/config.scm via >sudo emacs /etc/config.scm
Note that you can copy the config anywhere and edit it as your normal user, no need for sudo. > , 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. You have omitted the step that actually applies the config, reconfigure - guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm. This one has to be ran as root as you modify the system. When it succeeds, the user will be created, without a reboot. Rutherther
