GNU bug report logs - #16289
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Package: guix;

Reported by: Kete <kete <at> ninthfloor.org>

Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 21:15:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

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From: Kete <kete <at> ninthfloor.org>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Build Users
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 16:13:40 -0500

I think the manual should advise build users to be added as system accounts to 
avoid having them show up in the GDM menu. The useradd command can do this 
with the --system option or its shorthand: -r.

Regards
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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Kete <kete <at> ninthfloor.org>
Cc: 16289-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16289: Build Users
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 16:58:32 +0100

Kete <kete <at> ninthfloor.org> skribis:

> I think the manual should advise build users to be added as system accounts to 
> avoid having them show up in the GDM menu. The useradd command can do this 
> with the --system option or its shorthand: -r.

Indeed, fixed as 4d1a2b5.  Thanks for the advice!

Ludo’.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 28 Jan 2014 12:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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