From 1bd4e6db15025ea7c2caf97bb77cca4eddf5ebea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ludovic=20Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 18:28:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Mention initial passwords in "System Installation".
Suggested by remo_ on IRC.
* doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Explicitly mention user account
passwords.
(User Accounts): Add 'user-account-password' anchor.
---
doc/guix.texi | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 822aefa3a89..8c51db8c0c0 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -4672,9 +4672,14 @@ This will copy all the necessary files, and install GRUB on
more information, @pxref{Invoking guix system}. This command may trigger
downloads or builds of missing packages, which can take some time.
-Once that command has completed---and hopefully succeeded!---you can
-run @command{reboot} and boot into the new system. Cross fingers, and
-join us on @code{#guix} on the Freenode IRC network or on
+Once that command has completed---and hopefully succeeded!---you can run
+@command{reboot} and boot into the new system. The @code{root} password
+in the new system is initially empty; other users' passwords need to be
+initialized by running the @command{passwd} command as @code{root},
+unless your configuration specifies otherwise
+(@pxref{user-account-password, user account passwords}).
+
+Join us on @code{#guix} on the Freenode IRC network or on
@file{guix-devel@@gnu.org} to share your experience---good or not so
good.
@@ -5217,6 +5222,7 @@ This Boolean value indicates whether the account is a ``system''
account. System accounts are sometimes treated specially; for instance,
graphical login managers do not list them.
+@anchor{user-account-password}
@item @code{password} (default: @code{#f})
You would normally leave this field to @code{#f}, initialize user
passwords as @code{root} with the @command{passwd} command, and then let
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