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-rw-r--r--gnu/services/base.scm133
-rw-r--r--gnu/system/install.scm24
3 files changed, 122 insertions, 88 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] @
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index 799526ce2a..0b4bd7ed0d 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
console-keymap-service
console-font-service
udev-service
+
+ mingetty-configuration
+ mingetty-configuration?
mingetty-service
%nscd-default-caches
@@ -342,60 +345,63 @@ stopped before 'kill' is called."
(stop #~(const #t))
(respawn? #f))))
-(define* (mingetty-service tty
- #:key
- (motd (plain-file "motd" "Welcome.\n"))
- auto-login
- login-program
- login-pause?
-
- ;; Allow empty passwords by default so that
- ;; first-time users can log in when the 'root'
- ;; account has just been created.
- (allow-empty-passwords? #t))
- "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 file-like object to use as the ``message of the day''."
- (service
- (documentation (string-append "Run mingetty on " tty "."))
- (provision (list (symbol-append 'term- (string->symbol tty))))
-
- ;; Since the login prompt shows the host name, wait for the 'host-name'
- ;; service to be done. Also wait for udev essentially so that the tty
- ;; text is not lost in the middle of kernel messages (XXX).
- (requirement '(user-processes host-name udev))
-
- (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor
- (list (string-append #$mingetty "/sbin/mingetty")
- "--noclear" #$tty
- #$@(if auto-login
- #~("--autologin" #$auto-login)
- #~())
- #$@(if login-program
- #~("--loginprog" #$login-program)
- #~())
- #$@(if login-pause?
- #~("--loginpause")
- #~()))))
- (stop #~(make-kill-destructor))
-
- (pam-services
- ;; Let 'login' be known to PAM. All the mingetty services will have
- ;; that PAM service, but that's fine because they're all identical and
- ;; duplicates are removed.
- (list (unix-pam-service "login"
- #:allow-empty-passwords? allow-empty-passwords?
- #:motd motd)))))
+(define-record-type* <mingetty-configuration>
+ mingetty-configuration make-mingetty-configuration
+ mingetty-configuration?
+ (mingetty mingetty-configuration-mingetty ;<package>
+ (default mingetty))
+ (tty mingetty-configuration-tty) ;string
+ (motd mingetty-configuration-motd ;file-like
+ (default (plain-file "motd" "Welcome.\n")))
+ (auto-login mingetty-auto-login ;string | #f
+ (default #f))
+ (login-program mingetty-login-program ;gexp
+ (default #f))
+ (login-pause? mingetty-login-pause? ;Boolean
+ (default #f))
+
+ ;; Allow empty passwords by default so that first-time users can log in when
+ ;; the 'root' account has just been created.
+ (allow-empty-passwords? mingetty-configuration-allow-empty-passwords?
+ (default #t))) ;Boolean
+
+(define* (mingetty-service config)
+ "Return a service to run mingetty according to @var{config}, a
+@code{<mingetty-configuration>} object, which specifies the tty to run, among
+other things."
+ (match config
+ (($ <mingetty-configuration> mingetty tty motd auto-login login-program
+ login-pause? allow-empty-passwords?)
+ (service
+ (documentation "Run mingetty on an tty.")
+ (provision (list (symbol-append 'term- (string->symbol tty))))
+
+ ;; Since the login prompt shows the host name, wait for the 'host-name'
+ ;; service to be done. Also wait for udev essentially so that the tty
+ ;; text is not lost in the middle of kernel messages (XXX).
+ (requirement '(user-processes host-name udev))
+
+ (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor
+ (list (string-append #$mingetty "/sbin/mingetty")
+ "--noclear" #$tty
+ #$@(if auto-login
+ #~("--autologin" #$auto-login)
+ #~())
+ #$@(if login-program
+ #~("--loginprog" #$login-program)
+ #~())
+ #$@(if login-pause?
+ #~("--loginpause")
+ #~()))))
+ (stop #~(make-kill-destructor))
+
+ (pam-services
+ ;; Let 'login' be known to PAM. All the mingetty services will have
+ ;; that PAM service, but that's fine because they're all identical and
+ ;; duplicates are removed.
+ (list (unix-pam-service "login"
+ #:allow-empty-passwords? allow-empty-passwords?
+ #:motd motd)))))))
(define-record-type* <nscd-configuration> nscd-configuration
make-nscd-configuration
@@ -841,12 +847,19 @@ This is the GNU operating system, welcome!\n\n")))
(console-font-service "tty5")
(console-font-service "tty6")
- (mingetty-service "tty1" #:motd motd)
- (mingetty-service "tty2" #:motd motd)
- (mingetty-service "tty3" #:motd motd)
- (mingetty-service "tty4" #:motd motd)
- (mingetty-service "tty5" #:motd motd)
- (mingetty-service "tty6" #:motd motd)
+ (mingetty-service (mingetty-configuration
+ (tty "tty1") (motd motd)))
+ (mingetty-service (mingetty-configuration
+ (tty "tty2") (motd motd)))
+ (mingetty-service (mingetty-configuration
+ (tty "tty3") (motd motd)))
+ (mingetty-service (mingetty-configuration
+ (tty "tty4") (motd motd)))
+ (mingetty-service (mingetty-configuration
+ (tty "tty5") (motd motd)))
+ (mingetty-service (mingetty-configuration
+ (tty "tty6") (motd motd)))
+
(static-networking-service "lo" "127.0.0.1"
#:provision '(loopback))
(syslog-service)
diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index 1ba36c394b..560d64b5d4 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -242,22 +242,24 @@ it is alpha software, so it may BREAK IN UNEXPECTED WAYS.
You have been warned. Thanks for being so brave.
")))
(define (normal-tty tty)
- (mingetty-service tty
- #:motd motd
- #:auto-login "root"
- #:login-pause? #t))
+ (mingetty-service (mingetty-configuration (tty tty)
+ (motd motd)
+ (auto-login "root")
+ (login-pause? #t))))
- (list (mingetty-service "tty1"
- #:motd motd
- #:auto-login "root")
+ (list (mingetty-service (mingetty-configuration
+ (tty "tty1")
+ (motd motd)
+ (auto-login "root")))
;; Documentation. The manual is in UTF-8, but
;; 'console-font-service' sets up Unicode support and loads a font
;; with all the useful glyphs like em dash and quotation marks.
- (mingetty-service "tty2"
- #:motd motd
- #:auto-login "guest"
- #:login-program (log-to-info))
+ (mingetty-service (mingetty-configuration
+ (tty "tty2")
+ (motd motd)
+ (auto-login "guest")
+ (login-program (log-to-info))))
;; Documentation add-on.
(configuration-template-service)