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nixos/doc: fix to: ~/.nix-defexpr wasn't created, fixes #6606

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Joachim Schiele 2015-02-28 15:30:06 +01:00 committed by Rok Garbas
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nixos/doc/manual/configuration/user-mgmt.xml
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@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ account named <literal>alice</literal>:
<screen>
$ useradd -m alice</screen>
To make all nix tools available to this new user use `su - USER` which
opens a login shell (==shell that loads the profile) for given user.
This will create the ~/.nix-defexpr symlink. So run:
<screen>
$ su - alice -c "true"</screen>
The flag <option>-m</option> causes the creation of a home directory
for the new user, which is generally what you want. The user does not
have an initial password and therefore cannot log in. A password can