From 359c6fc719a5f588ba6844b724c93190f99674bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2026 20:59:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Correct username prefix check

Co-authored-by: ragusa-it <196988693+ragusa-it@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 README.md | 8 ++++----
 flake.nix | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6cd1497..6a6ae97 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ sudo nixos-rebuild boot --profile-name gaming --flake .#gaming
 
 Generate a password hash and save it to `/etc/nixos/secrets/<username>/password.hash` (replace `<username>` with your actual username):
 ```bash
-sudo mkdir -p /etc/nixos/secrets/john
-sudo chmod 700 /etc/nixos/secrets/john
-mkpasswd -m sha-512 | sudo tee /etc/nixos/secrets/john/password.hash
-sudo chmod 600 /etc/nixos/secrets/john/password.hash
+sudo mkdir -p /etc/nixos/secrets/<username>
+sudo chmod 700 /etc/nixos/secrets/<username>
+mkpasswd -m sha-512 | sudo tee /etc/nixos/secrets/<username>/password.hash
+sudo chmod 600 /etc/nixos/secrets/<username>/password.hash
 ```
 
 ### Setup MangoWC
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index e8f591a..f792485 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     usernameValid =
       builtins.match "^[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*$" username != null
       && builtins.match "^_+$" username == null
-      && builtins.match "^nix" username == null
+      && builtins.match "^nix.*" username == null
       && username != "root";
     hostConfig = (./hosts + "/${hostname}") + "/hardware-configuration.nix";
     passwordHashPath = "/etc/nixos/secrets/${username}/password.hash";