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-rw-r--r--gnu/build/activation.scm6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/activation.scm b/gnu/build/activation.scm
index fd043ca131..eea2233563 100644
--- a/gnu/build/activation.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/activation.scm
@@ -162,14 +162,14 @@ owner-writable in HOME."
group records) are all available."
(define (make-home-directory user)
(let ((home (user-account-home-directory user))
- (home-permissions (user-account-home-directory-permissions user))
(pwd (getpwnam (user-account-name user))))
(mkdir-p home)
;; Always set ownership and permissions for home directories of system
- ;; accounts.
+ ;; accounts. If a service needs looser permissions on its home
+ ;; directories, it can always chmod it in an activation snippet.
(chown home (passwd:uid pwd) (passwd:gid pwd))
- (chmod home home-permissions)))
+ (chmod home #o700)))
(define system-accounts
(filter (lambda (user)