default to root for autologin in nixos kexec image

nix-community · Sep 3, 2024 · b81c6e0 · b81c6e0
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diff --git a/nix/noninteractive.nix b/nix/noninteractive.nix
@@ -36,10 +36,14 @@
   users.users.nixos = {
     isSystemUser = true;
     isNormalUser = lib.mkForce false;
+    shell = "/run/current-system/sw/bin/bash";
     group = "nixos";
   };
   users.groups.nixos = {};
 
+  # we prefer root as this is also what we use in nixos-anywhere
+  services.getty.autologinUser = lib.mkForce "root";
+
   # we are missing this from base.nix
   boot.supportedFilesystems = [
     "btrfs"