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04/09: doc: Mention initial passwords in "System Installation".
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Ludovic Courtès |
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04/09: doc: Mention initial passwords in "System Installation". |
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Wed, 22 Jul 2015 20:56:55 +0000 |
civodul pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.
commit 1bd4e6db15025ea7c2caf97bb77cca4eddf5ebea
Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date: Wed Jul 22 18:28:20 2015 +0200
doc: Mention initial passwords in "System Installation".
Suggested by remo_ on IRC.
* doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Explicitly mention user account
passwords.
(User Accounts): Add 'user-account-password' anchor.
---
doc/guix.texi | 12 +++++++++---
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 822aefa..8c51db8 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -4672,9 +4672,14 @@ This will copy all the necessary files, and install GRUB
on
more information, @pxref{Invoking guix system}. This command may trigger
downloads or builds of missing packages, which can take some time.
-Once that command has completed---and hopefully succeeded!---you can
-run @command{reboot} and boot into the new system. Cross fingers, and
-join us on @code{#guix} on the Freenode IRC network or on
+Once that command has completed---and hopefully succeeded!---you can run
address@hidden and boot into the new system. The @code{root} password
+in the new system is initially empty; other users' passwords need to be
+initialized by running the @command{passwd} command as @code{root},
+unless your configuration specifies otherwise
+(@pxref{user-account-password, user account passwords}).
+
+Join us on @code{#guix} on the Freenode IRC network or on
@file{guix-devel@@gnu.org} to share your experience---good or not so
good.
@@ -5217,6 +5222,7 @@ This Boolean value indicates whether the account is a
``system''
account. System accounts are sometimes treated specially; for instance,
graphical login managers do not list them.
address@hidden
@item @code{password} (default: @code{#f})
You would normally leave this field to @code{#f}, initialize user
passwords as @code{root} with the @command{passwd} command, and then let
- branch master updated (1436c5c -> 31ea3eb), Ludovic Courtès, 2015/07/22
- 01/09: gnu: guile-minikanren: Fix README location., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/07/22
- 02/09: size: Remove leftover 'pk'., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/07/22
- 03/09: import: hackage: Remove reference to unbound variable., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/07/22
- 04/09: doc: Mention initial passwords in "System Installation".,
Ludovic Courtès <=
- 05/09: derivations: Improve complexity of 'substitution-oracle'., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/07/22
- 07/09: size: Add '--substitute-urls' option., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/07/22
- 06/09: derivations: Improve docstring of 'substitution-oracle'., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/07/22
- 08/09: doc: Mention zeroed mtimes in the binary tarball., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/07/22
- 09/09: Thank Dave., Ludovic Courtès, 2015/07/22