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author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-09-12 13:53:21 +0200 |
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committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-10-10 22:46:14 +0200 |
commit | 66e4f01c601bfad813011a811796e70f970258f9 (patch) | |
tree | 7b48b858e0a03edf52a6f572d617655f24dd384f /doc/guix.texi | |
parent | be1c2c54d9f918f50f71c6d32a72d4498c07504c (diff) | |
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services: mingetty-service: Use <mingetty-configuration> objects.
* gnu/services/base.scm (<mingetty-configuration>): New record type.
(mingetty-service): Expect a single <mingetty-configuration> instead
of keyword arguments.
(%base-services): Adjust accordingly.
* gnu/system/install.scm (installation-services): Likewise.
* doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Adjust accordingly.
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1 files changed, 36 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index f31f07d49d..6f57c41df0 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -5753,25 +5753,44 @@ this: Return a service that sets the host name to @var{name}. @end deffn -@deffn {Scheme Procedure} mingetty-service @var{tty} [#:motd] @ - [#:auto-login #f] [#:login-program] [#:login-pause? #f] @ - [#:allow-empty-passwords? #f] -Return a service to run mingetty on @var{tty}. - -When @var{allow-empty-passwords?} is true, allow empty log-in password. When -@var{auto-login} is true, it must be a user name under which to log-in -automatically. @var{login-pause?} can be set to @code{#t} in conjunction with -@var{auto-login}, in which case the user will have to press a key before the -login shell is launched. - -When true, @var{login-program} is a gexp denoting the name -of the log-in program (the default is the @code{login} program from the Shadow -tool suite.) - -@var{motd} is a monadic value containing a text file to use as -the ``message of the day''. +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} mingetty-service @var{config} +Return a service to run mingetty according to @var{config}, a +@code{<mingetty-configuration>} object, which specifies the tty to run, among +other things. @end deffn +@deftp {Data Type} mingetty-configuration +This is the data type representing the configuration of Mingetty, which +implements console log-in. + +@table @asis + +@item @code{tty} +The name of the console this Mingetty runs on---e.g., @code{"tty1"}. + +@item @code{motd} +A file-like object containing the ``message of the day''. + +@item @code{auto-login} (default: @code{#f}) +When true, this field must be a string denoting the user name under +which the the system automatically logs in. When it is @code{#f}, a +user name and password must be entered to log in. + +@item @code{login-program} (default: @code{#f}) +This must be either @code{#f}, in which case the default log-in program +is used (@command{login} from the Shadow tool suite), or a gexp denoting +the name of the log-in program. + +@item @code{login-pause?} (default: @code{#f}) +When set to @code{#t} in conjunction with @var{auto-login}, the user +will have to press a key before the log-in shell is launched. + +@item @code{mingetty} (default: @var{mingetty}) +The Mingetty package to use. + +@end table +@end deftp + @cindex name service cache daemon @cindex nscd @deffn {Scheme Procedure} nscd-service [@var{config}] [#:glibc glibc] @ |