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[bug#42317] Adding a "Running Guix on a Linode" to the cookbook
From: |
Christopher Lemmer Webber |
Subject: |
[bug#42317] Adding a "Running Guix on a Linode" to the cookbook |
Date: |
Fri, 07 Aug 2020 17:11:21 -0400 |
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mu4e 1.4.10; emacs 26.3 |
Joshua Branson via Guix-patches via writes:
>> +Replace the following fields in the above configuration:
>> +@lisp
>> +(host-name "my-server") ; replace with your server name
>> +(name "janedoe") ; replace with your username
>> +("janedoe" ,(local-file "janedoe_rsa.pub")) ; here too
>> +@end lisp
>> +
>> +Note the same above for root, which I don't feel great about, but
>> +otherwise you'll need to log in via the linode "glish" console to log in
>> +as root and set the user's initial password before you can start using
>> +sudo. @comment {(is there another way around this?)}
>
> I'm not certain how I need to change the configuration here... I just
> deleted the "Note the same above for root" paragraph. Can you give me
> some direction?
Easiest path is to just add
;; Allow root login to allow easy login before you set up your
;; initial password for sudo purposes. You can remove this line
;; after you log in and set your initial user password.
("root" ,(local-file "janedoe_rsa.pub")
after the janedoe thing and delete that whole paragraph. That provides
an easyish way to deal with things... if someone is uncomfortable with
having a root login, I suppose they have enough experience to know how
to remove this later if they want.
Great work on this, with that change I think it looks good to go!