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]>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 22:45:34 +0100

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