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bug#19795: Allow for stateless users and groups in GuixSD
From: |
Alex Sassmannshausen |
Subject: |
bug#19795: Allow for stateless users and groups in GuixSD |
Date: |
Fri, 06 Feb 2015 18:24:23 +0100 |
Hello,
My 2c:
In short +1!
Thompson, David writes:
> Currently, removing a user account from the users list in an OS config
> does not remove the user account from a system when 'guix system
> reconfigure' is run. I think that user accounts not specified in the
> user accounts list should be invalidated and that /etc/passwd and
> other files be fully rebuilt each time. In other words, I want a
> stateless /etc/passwd, not a stateful one.
I would love this functionality: it feels intuitive for a functional
package manager.
> As Mark brought up on IRC, this proposed change in behavior may very
> well surprise and frustrate another subset of users, so perhaps the
> existing behavior should be preserved, with a bit that can be flipped
> for stateless user accounts.
I agree that perhaps statefulness should be the default for now, as that
seems the "common way to do things".
Alex