Subject: bug#40567: closed (Re: bug#40567: mpd-service-type needs a pre-existing user in system and does not works with a new user defined in config.scm)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 21:46:02 +0000

Your bug report

#40567: mpd-service-type needs a pre-existing user in system and does not works with a new user defined in config.scm

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

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Subject: Re: bug#40567: mpd-service-type needs a pre-existing user in system and does not works with a new user defined in config.scm
From: Bruno Victal <[email-masked]>
To: R Veera Kumar <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 22:45:34 +0100
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Hi Veera,

On 2020-04-12 05:25, R Veera Kumar wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is to report:
> mpd-service-type needs a pre-existing user in system and does not works
> with a new user defined in config.scm. Running guix system reconfigure 
> gives some getpw error.
> 
> Guix system reconfigure works fine if we add temporarily a user with useradd.
> 
> Thanks,
> Veera

This bug no longer applies as mpd-service-type has gone through some refactorings in the meantime.
Worth noting is that mpd-service-type isn't meant to be used with interactive user-accounts, for
such cases a home service variant should be used instead.

Cheers,
Bruno

Subject: mpd-service-type needs a pre-existing user in system and does not works with a new user defined in config.scm
From: R Veera Kumar <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 09:55:15 +0530
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Hi,

This is to report:
mpd-service-type needs a pre-existing user in system and does not works
with a new user defined in config.scm. Running guix system reconfigure 
gives some getpw error.

Guix system reconfigure works fine if we add temporarily a user with useradd.

Thanks,
Veera