/etc in stal/IX is a symbolic link to etc/ from the system realm:
ix# ls -la /etc
lrwxrwxrwx ... /etc -> /ix/realm/system/etc
Files in the IX store are read-only and cannot be modified. Therefore, the only way to make a customization in an installed stal/IX OS is to add a package containing the desired customization to the system realm.
Most of these packages have the etc/ prefix and are located at https://github.com/stal-ix/ix/tree/main/pkgs/etc.
Warning: It’s important to note that, after almost any change to the system realm, the init will restart the entire process tree. Effectively, this will result in you being kicked into your login manager (emptty/mingetty/etc).
Without sudo capability:
# cryptpw will read password from command line
root# ix mut system etc/user/0 --user={{username}} --hash=$(cryptpw)
# shell will relaunch thereafter
mkdir /home/{{username}}
chown {{username}} /home/{{username}}
And add sudo thereafter:
# from new user we create new RSA key pair
user$ export PATH=/ix/realm/boot/bin:$PATH # add path to bootstrapped ssh-add
user$ ssh-keygen -t rsa
...
# from root, cause only root can add new superusers
# assume ix in PATH, add newly crafted RSA public key
root# ix mut system etc/user/0 --pubkey="$(cat /home/{{username}}/.ssh/id_rsa.pub)"
ix# ix mut system etc/zram/0
ix# ix mut system --failsafe=-
Pro tip: First try looking at https://github.com/stal-ix/ix/blob/main/pkgs/set/stalix/unwrap/ix.sh#L32 and imagine what the next command might look like!
Warning: If you don’t have ~/.emptty set up and don’t have a failsafe console on tty5, you may need to recover.
ix# ix mut system --mingetty=- --emptty
The system uses UTC time by default. There is currently no global time zone setting, each user must set their own time zone in their session script:
export TZ=Europe/Moscow
ix# ix mut system --alsa_device=hw:1