That isn't the default behavior for NixOS. From the docs[1]:
> If set to null (default) this user will not be able to log in using a password (i.e. via login command).
The installer also asked for a root password when I installed NixOS years ago and it still does[2].
[1]: https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=20.09&show=users.ex... [2]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/a3a531071598cad0c60485...
That isn't the default behavior for NixOS. From the docs[1]:
> If set to null (default) this user will not be able to log in using a password (i.e. via login command).
The installer also asked for a root password when I installed NixOS years ago and it still does[2].
[1]: https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=20.09&show=users.ex... [2]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/a3a531071598cad0c60485...