Hi Guix, trying to add a new skeleton file in a sub-directory in newly created users home, skeleton files add in read-only mode. since there shouldn't be any difference between adding a skeleton file in user home directory, or in a sub-directory under user's home, I assume this might be a bug related to skeleton file creation. following configuration could be used to reproduce this issue: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (use-modules (gnu)) (define (test-skeletons) (append `(("test" ,(computed-file "test" (with-imported-modules '((guix build utils)) #~(begin (use-modules (guix build utils)) (mkdir-p #$output))))) ("foo" ,(plain-file "foo" "foo is writable")) ("test/bar" ,(plain-file "bar" "bar is read-only"))) (default-skeletons))) (operating-system (host-name "guix.test") (timezone "Asia/Tehran") (locale "en_US.utf8") (bootloader (bootloader-configuration (bootloader grub-bootloader) (target "/dev/sda"))) (file-systems (cons (file-system (device (file-system-label "my-root")) (mount-point "/") (type "ext4")) %base-file-systems)) (skeletons (test-skeletons))) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- generated skeleton files status: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- root@guix ~# ll total 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15 Nov 5 14:05 foo -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 15 Nov 5 14:05 test/ root@guix ~# ll -r--r--r-- 1 root root 15 Nov 5 14:05 bar --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Regards, Reza -- Reza Alizadeh Majd PantherX Team https://www.pantherx.org/