5 files changed, 29 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
index 6d2e21b931a9..d4f4cdae149e 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
@@ -70,16 +70,17 @@ LocalStore::LocalStore(const Params & params)
         createSymlink(profilesDir, gcRootsDir + "/profiles");
     }
 
+    for (auto & perUserDir : {profilesDir + "/per-user", gcRootsDir + "/per-user"}) {
+        createDirs(perUserDir);
+        if (chmod(perUserDir.c_str(), 0755) == -1)
+            throw SysError("could not set permissions on '%s' to 755", perUserDir);
+    }
+
+    createUser(getUserName(), getuid());
+
     /* Optionally, create directories and set permissions for a
        multi-user install. */
     if (getuid() == 0 && settings.buildUsersGroup != "") {
-
-        for (auto & perUserDir : {profilesDir + "/per-user", gcRootsDir + "/per-user"}) {
-            createDirs(perUserDir);
-            if (chmod(perUserDir.c_str(), 0755) == -1)
-                throw SysError("could not set permissions on '%s' to 755", perUserDir);
-        }
-
         mode_t perm = 01775;
 
         struct group * gr = getgrnam(settings.buildUsersGroup.get().c_str());
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 1b744999153a..6f3bf7ae86e3 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -475,6 +475,16 @@ Path createTempDir(const Path & tmpRoot, const Path & prefix,
 }
 
 
+std::string getUserName()
+{
+    auto pw = getpwuid(geteuid());
+    std::string name = pw ? pw->pw_name : getEnv("USER", "");
+    if (name.empty())
+        throw Error("cannot figure out user name");
+    return name;
+}
+
+
 static Lazy<Path> getHome2([]() {
     Path homeDir = getEnv("HOME");
     if (homeDir.empty()) {
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
index 07c3d28ff2d6..f057fdb2c041 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ void deletePath(const Path & path, unsigned long long & bytesFreed);
 Path createTempDir(const Path & tmpRoot = "", const Path & prefix = "nix",
     bool includePid = true, bool useGlobalCounter = true, mode_t mode = 0755);
 
+std::string getUserName();
+
 /* Return $HOME or the user's home directory from /etc/passwd. */
 Path getHome();
 
diff --git a/src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc b/src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc
index 06eb3d23ba83..70aa5c96669d 100755
--- a/src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc
+++ b/src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc
@@ -159,13 +159,7 @@ static int _main(int argc, char ** argv)
         nixDefExpr = home + "/.nix-defexpr";
 
         // Figure out the name of the channels profile.
-        ;
-        auto pw = getpwuid(geteuid());
-        std::string name = pw ? pw->pw_name : getEnv("USER", "");
-        if (name.empty())
-            throw Error("cannot figure out user name");
-        profile = settings.nixStateDir + "/profiles/per-user/" + name + "/channels";
-        createDirs(dirOf(profile));
+        profile = fmt("%s/profiles/per-user/%s/channels", settings.nixStateDir, getUserName());
 
         enum {
             cNone,
diff --git a/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc b/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
index 87b2e43f063d..c7b6bdaafbc2 100644
--- a/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
+++ b/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
@@ -1425,9 +1425,14 @@ static int _main(int argc, char * * argv)
 
         if (globals.profile == "") {
             Path profileLink = getHome() + "/.nix-profile";
-            globals.profile = pathExists(profileLink)
-                ? absPath(readLink(profileLink), dirOf(profileLink))
-                : canonPath(settings.nixStateDir + "/profiles/default");
+            if (!pathExists(profileLink)) {
+                replaceSymlink(
+                    getuid() == 0
+                    ? settings.nixStateDir + "/profiles/default"
+                    : fmt("%s/profiles/per-user/%s/profile", settings.nixStateDir, getUserName()),
+                    profileLink);
+            }
+            globals.profile = absPath(readLink(profileLink), dirOf(profileLink));
         }
 
         op(globals, opFlags, opArgs);