From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Jul 20 11:36:28 2022 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Jul 2022 15:36:28 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58671 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oEBkS-0005CA-6k for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2022 11:36:28 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:38036) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oE7cj-0001Ld-UT for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2022 07:12:14 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57236) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oE7cj-0001Tn-QE for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2022 07:12:13 -0400 Received: from rdmp.org ([52.19.174.175]:38674) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oE7ci-0007Wz-Hj for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2022 07:12:13 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=[IPv6:::1]) by rdmp.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1oE7Gc-00054c-Tw for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2022 10:49:23 +0000 Message-ID: <63960cf762aec1ed2c4182f49cac66bc37fce2aa.camel@rdmp.org> Subject: enhancement: Link guix system and guix home From: Dale Mellor To: bug-guix@gnu.org Organization: DM Bespoke Computer Solutions Ltd Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 11:47:40 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Evolution 3.42.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received-SPF: softfail client-ip=52.19.174.175; envelope-from=no-reply@rdmp.org; helo=rdmp.org X-Spam_score_int: -4 X-Spam_score: -0.5 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (-0.5 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_SOFTFAIL=0.732, SPF_SOFTFAIL=0.665, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Spam-Score: -1.3 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 11:36:27 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: guix-bug-va9nk6@rdmp.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) I would like to be able to create a rescue disk for my system in which the admin user's home directory contains a copy of an encrypted key, for manually unlocking encrypted disk drives. Following a short discussion in IRC, it appears the best route to achieve this would be to link *guix system* and *guix home* together, so that the system configuration file can specify (user-account ... (configuration (local-file "my-home-config.scm"))) for example (it should be possible to use either (home-configuration) or a file-like object here). Hopefully this is an easy thing to accomplish, but I don't know... Thanks, Dale