1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/archsetup b/archsetup
index 574b461..c3d1d69 100755
--- a/archsetup
+++ b/archsetup
@@ -464,6 +464,19 @@ create_user () {
 user_customizations() {
     action="User Customizations" && display "title" "$action"
 
+    # Copy archsetup to user's home directory so dotfile symlinks are accessible.
+    # Without this, stow creates symlinks pointing to wherever archsetup was run from
+    # (e.g., /root/archsetup), which the user cannot read after login.
+    user_archsetup_dir="/home/$username/code/archsetup"
+    action="copying archsetup to user's home directory" && display "task" "$action"
+    (mkdir -p "$user_archsetup_dir" && \
+        cp -r "$archsetup_dir"/* "$user_archsetup_dir/" && \
+        chown -R "$username": "/home/$username/code" \
+        >> "$logfile" 2>&1) || error "error" "$action" "$?"
+
+    # Update dotfiles_dir to point to user-accessible location
+    dotfiles_dir="$user_archsetup_dir/dotfiles"
+
     action="linking dotfiles into place" && display "task" "$action"
     (cd $dotfiles_dir  &&  stow --target=/home/$username --no-folding --adopt system \
                                 >> "$logfile" 2>&1 )  || error "error" "$action" "$?"