From 214d4c450093025eb4a85f9ff83d3d21a8d25337 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Val Packett <val@invisiblethingslab.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 04:29:53 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] nixos: set shell for appvm user

Surprisingly, gdb of all things uses the login shell from /etc/passwd to
launch the program under test, so I was seeing the
"This account is currently not available" message there.
---
 nixosModules/default.nix | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/nixosModules/default.nix b/nixosModules/default.nix
index 813a1f9..9fb752c 100644
--- a/nixosModules/default.nix
+++ b/nixosModules/default.nix
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ in
       isSystemUser = true;
       home = "/home/appvm";
       description = "microVM User";
+      shell = pkgs.bash; # not nologin, despite being a "system" user
       extraGroups = [
         "wheel"
         "video"