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You will that you will not be able to login to this virtual machine, as the passwords are not carried over to the virtual machine you build.
You will that you will not be able to login to this virtual machine, as the passwords are not carried over to the virtual machine you build.


If you have a user called nixosvmtest, then
If you have a user called nixosvmtest for example , you can add


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Revision as of 13:01, 7 January 2021

A virtual machine can be created , it will use your /etc/nixos/configuration.nix to make a 'clone' of your system. Useful for testing new configurations.

nixos-rebuild build-vm

You will that you will not be able to login to this virtual machine, as the passwords are not carried over to the virtual machine you build.

If you have a user called nixosvmtest for example , you can add

users.users.nixosvmtest.initialHashedPassword = test;

to your /etc/nixos/configuration.nix

you should now be able to login test your system with this user and password.

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/default-login-and-password-for-nixos/4683/2