doc: Mention initial passwords in "System Installation".

Suggested by remo_ on IRC.

* doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Explicitly mention user account
  passwords.
  (User Accounts): Add 'user-account-password' anchor.
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Ludovic Courtès 2015-07-22 18:28:20 +02:00
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@ -4672,9 +4672,14 @@ This will copy all the necessary files, and install GRUB on
more information, @pxref{Invoking guix system}. This command may trigger
downloads or builds of missing packages, which can take some time.
Once that command has completed---and hopefully succeeded!---you can
run @command{reboot} and boot into the new system. Cross fingers, and
join us on @code{#guix} on the Freenode IRC network or on
Once that command has completed---and hopefully succeeded!---you can run
@command{reboot} and boot into the new system. The @code{root} password
in the new system is initially empty; other users' passwords need to be
initialized by running the @command{passwd} command as @code{root},
unless your configuration specifies otherwise
(@pxref{user-account-password, user account passwords}).
Join us on @code{#guix} on the Freenode IRC network or on
@file{guix-devel@@gnu.org} to share your experience---good or not so
good.
@ -5217,6 +5222,7 @@ This Boolean value indicates whether the account is a ``system''
account. System accounts are sometimes treated specially; for instance,
graphical login managers do not list them.
@anchor{user-account-password}
@item @code{password} (default: @code{#f})
You would normally leave this field to @code{#f}, initialize user
passwords as @code{root} with the @command{passwd} command, and then let