User name used in examples tests and default configuration is different

olaf · July 21, 2022, 1:52pm

The user name used in the default configuration (created by nixos-generate-config etc.) is jane. But in examples and tests the user name alice is predominant. Should this be aligned or is it on purpose different?

fricklerhandwerk · July 23, 2022, 12:26am

Feel free to make it consistent. To find reasons you can try git blame, if you’re lucky people left their rationale on commit messages.

olaf · July 28, 2022, 3:03pm

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/183361

I guess here the use of the user name jane has specific function:

github.com

NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/9805dfd9b4286d6831a9514e3d80a78974f1ca09/nixos/tests/nginx-auth.nix

import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
  name = "nginx-auth";

  nodes = {
    webserver = { pkgs, lib, ... }: {
      services.nginx = let
        root = pkgs.runCommand "testdir" {} ''
          mkdir "$out"
          echo hello world > "$out/index.html"
        '';
      in {
        enable = true;

        virtualHosts.lockedroot = {
          inherit root;
          basicAuth.alice = "jane";
        };

        virtualHosts.lockedsubdir = {
          inherit root;

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olaf · August 2, 2022, 1:26pm

I think the PR is fine. anything I can do to make it reviewed?