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hosts/common/optional/minimal-user.nix

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+# NOTE: This module is required for nixos-installer
+{ config, ... }:
+{
+  # Set a temp password for use by minimal builds like installer and iso
+  users.users.${config.hostSpec.username} = {
+    isNormalUser = true;
+    # This is a hashed version of the plain-text password "nixos" for use in the ISO. Even though,
+    # the password is known, we use `hashedPassword` here instead of `password` to mitigate
+    # occurrences of the latter not being used during build.
+    password = "password";
+    extraGroups = [ "wheel" ];
+  };
+}