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+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+# https://github.com/michalrus/dotfiles/commit/ebd5fa9583f82589f23531647aa677feb3f8d344#diff-4d353005ef5b3e37f33c07332b8523edR1
+# A temporary hack to `loginctl enable-linger $somebody` (for
+# multiplexer sessions to last), until this one is unresolved:
+# https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/3702
+#
+# Usage: `users.extraUsers.somebody.linger = true` or slt.
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+
+ dataDir = "/var/lib/systemd/linger";
+
+ lingeringUsers = map (u: u.name) (attrValues (flip filterAttrs config.users.users (n: u: u.linger)));
+
+ lingeringUsersFile = builtins.toFile "lingering-users"
+ (concatStrings (map (s: "${s}\n")
+ (sort (a: b: a < b) lingeringUsers))); # this sorting is important for `comm` to work correctly
+
+ updateLingering = pkgs.writeScript "update-lingering" ''
+ if [ ! -e ${dataDir} ]; then
+ install -m 0755 -o root -g root -d ${dataDir}
+ fi
+ if [ -e ${dataDir} ] ; then
+ ls ${dataDir} | sort | comm -3 -1 ${lingeringUsersFile} - | xargs -r ${pkgs.systemd}/bin/loginctl disable-linger
+ ls ${dataDir} | sort | comm -3 -2 ${lingeringUsersFile} - | xargs -r ${pkgs.systemd}/bin/loginctl enable-linger
+ fi
+ '';
+
+in
+
+{
+ options = {
+ users.users = mkOption {
+ options = [{
+ linger = mkEnableOption "lingering for the user";
+ }];
+ };
+ };
+
+ config = {
+ system.activationScripts.update-lingering =
+ stringAfter [ "users" ] updateLingering;
+ };
+}