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smokey: fix login issues due to missing shells - #474
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some users are unable to login on smokey: - activation script creating shell symlinks in /bin and /usr/bin is run before those directories are created, thus failing to create symlinks. - user tries to login, /usr/bin/zsh (or whatever shell) does not exist, login fails. initrd-nixos-activation-start[737]: ln: failed to create symbolic link '/usr/bin/': No such file or directory initrd-nixos-activation-start[589]: Activation script snippet 'shells' failed (1)
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Why not use deps = [ "binsh" "usrbinenv" ]?
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i thought about this but was thinking it might be good to not overwrite things accidentally. but we already check for the shell to make sure it doesnt |
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some users are unable to login on smokey:
initrd-nixos-activation-start[737]: ln: failed to create symbolic link '/usr/bin/': No such file or directory
initrd-nixos-activation-start[589]: Activation script snippet 'shells' failed (1)