02/02: services: cleanup: Remove Shadow lock files from /etc.

[Ludovic Courtès]

civodul pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.

commit aad8a143000600abec5c8ebfadec4c09f34f1b73
Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date:   Thu Oct 12 14:52:53 2017 +0200

    services: cleanup: Remove Shadow lock files from /etc.
    
    Partly fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/28772>.
    Reported by Oleg Pykhalov <address@hidden>.
    
    * gnu/services.scm (cleanup-gexp): Remove /etc/{passwd,group}.lock and
    /etc/.pwd.lock.
---
 gnu/services.scm | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/services.scm b/gnu/services.scm
index 329b7b1..0bd3620 100644
--- a/gnu/services.scm
+++ b/gnu/services.scm
@@ -368,6 +368,12 @@ boot."
                                                 #t))))
                     ;; Ignore I/O errors so the system can boot.
                     (fail-safe
+                     ;; Remove stale Shadow lock files as they would lead to
+                     ;; failures of 'useradd' & co.
+                     (delete-file "/etc/group.lock")
+                     (delete-file "/etc/passwd.lock")
+                     (delete-file "/etc/.pwd.lock") ;from 'lckpwdf'
+
                      (delete-file-recursively "/tmp")
                      (delete-file-recursively "/var/run")
                      (mkdir "/tmp")