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Re: Can't create user account in virtual machine with guix system vm
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Hubert |
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Re: Can't create user account in virtual machine with guix system vm |
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Mon, 7 Mar 2022 17:16:15 +0100 |
Hi Jeremy!
Got it!
I suspected it was something like that, good to know, to have it confirmed.
Thanks again :)
HUbert
Le Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:59:51 +0100,
Jérémy Korwin-Zmijowski <jeremy@korwin-zmijowski.fr> a écrit :
> Hi Hubert !
> You have to edit your system definition to add a user.
> Sharing some files, even your home directory, is not the way to
> create users. Cheers
> Jérémy
>
> Le 7 mars 2022 11:47:31 GMT+01:00, Hubert
> <contact@hubert-lombard.website> a écrit :
> >Hello Guix!
> >
> >
> >I have made a VM in which no user account seems to could created.
> >
> >The standard command for that:
> >
> >https://guix.gnu.org/fr/manual/devel/en/html_node/Invoking-guix-system.html#Invoking-guix-system
> >
> >$ guix system vm Test.scm --expose=$HOME --share=$HOME/tmp=/exchange
> >
> >And the vm starts running, but no way to add an user account:
> >
> >$ sudo /gnu/store/zrd2c9czm6fdqd33q7yx2695s2dgy9kl-run-vm.sh
> >
> >At the graphical login I typed 'root' and validated. This opened me
> >a privileged user session.
> >
> >In the qemu console I typed: 'sendkey ctrl-alt-f1' [Enter]
> >
> >In tty2 virtual console, I typed 'passwd' for root, validated and
> >'passwd hubert' confirming the password after typing it.
> >
> >But when I return to the login, either as a guest user or as my
> >username, the password does not succeed, returning me to the login.
> >
> >The vm starts more correctly by adding the options
> >
> >'-m 1024 -smp 2 -nic user,model=virtio-net-pci'
> >
> >I can't remember why I needed to add these (familiar) options.
> >Anyway, the following launchs the vm:
> >
> >$ sudo /gnu/store/zrd2c9czm6fdqd33q7yx2695s2dgy9kl-run-vm.sh -m 1024
> >-smp 2 -nic user,model=virtio-net-pci
> >
> >Here again, I can only connect in a graphical session with root.
> >
> >Which doesn't surprise me too much, since the home directory is
> >read-only.
> >
> >I don't know if there are ways to solve this case... Give rights to
> >home ?...
> >
> >Thank you in advance if you have any suggestions for me :)
> >
> >
> >Hubert
> >