User for specific systems

[Svenum]

Is there a way to enable a user only for specific hosts (more then one)?
I have x systems in my config but want to enable only on two the home-manager config for an user.

I tried softlinks, but this does not work.

Is there any other way, than copying the whole user each time I change something?

[jakehamilton]

Hmm, currently this is due to users defaulting to being enabled on systems with snowfallorg.users.<name>.create = true;. I've heard some people express a desire to have that (and .admin = true) default to false. This would be a breaking change so it won't happen unless we release a v4.

What you could do at the moment is disable the user on systems that you do not want it on. It's not ideal, but would get the job done.

{
  snowfallorg.users.myuser.create = false;
}

(You may also have to set snowfallorg.users.myuser.home.enable = false, if you do please file a bug report as this is not intended)

[delulumodule]

@jakehamilton Even if I set .create = false, I'm getting

error: The option `home-manager.users.alice.home.stateVersion' was accessed but has no value defined. Try setting the option.

when trying to deploy to a host that doesn't have this user. My homes/x86_64-linux/alice/default.nix doesn't define home.stateVersion because it differs per host, of course. Is there a way to work around this?

[delulumodule]

Quick update, I've found this host config solves my problem.

snowfallorg.users.alice = {
  create = false;
  home.enable = false;
};

IMO having homes/x86_64-linux/alice without the @hostname part shouldn't auto-create the user on all hosts.