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Home directory not created when /home is a separate partition

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Andy Patterson <ajpatter <at> uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: bug#21108: closed (Re: bug#21108: Home directory not created for
 new users)
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 11:40:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#21108: Home directory not created when /home is a separate partition

which was filed against the guix package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 21108 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Andy Patterson <ajpatter <at> uwaterloo.ca>, Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: 21108-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21108: Home directory not created for new users
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 12:39:39 +0100

Hello,

Andy Patterson <ajpatter <at> uwaterloo.ca> skribis:

> Following up on the thread from guix-devel:
> <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-07/msg00554.html>
>
> On 0.8.3-pre, after a clean install, users listed in the system
> configuration file do not have a home directory automatically created
> for them in some circumstances. This causes the user to be initially
> unable to login. Specifically, with a separately mounted home folder,
> the folder may not be created. I note that when un-mounting /home, the
> expected folder does appear.

I’m happy to report that this is finally fixed, in commit
ae763b5b0b7d5e7316a3d0efe991fe8ab2261031.

From now on, home directories of non-system users are created when the
‘file-systems’ Shepherd service is up, i.e., when all the file systems
have been mounted.

Let me know if you spot anything wrong!

Ludo’.

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From: Andy Patterson <ajpatter <at> uwaterloo.ca>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Home directory not created for new users
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 19:18:15 -0400

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Following up on the thread from guix-devel:
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-07/msg00554.html>

On 0.8.3-pre, after a clean install, users listed in the system
configuration file do not have a home directory automatically created
for them in some circumstances. This causes the user to be initially
unable to login. Specifically, with a separately mounted home folder,
the folder may not be created. I note that when un-mounting /home, the
expected folder does appear.

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