refactor(flake): user registry, multi-user hosts, and portable home outputs (#49)
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## Summary

Separates user identity (data) from the reusable Nix modules and lets a host declare any number of users, replacing the previous one-user-per-host structure. Also restructures the tree and exposes the home config for use off these hosts.

## Changes

- **User registry** (`users/registry.nix`): per-user identity (name, email, groups, authorized + signing keys) as the single source of truth; no user data hardcoded in modules.
- **Multi-user `mkHost`**: a host declares a `users` set keyed by username; per-user identity is injected into each home config via the `identity` module arg.
- **Restructured layout**: `users/`, `home/`, `modules/`, `hosts/`, `lib/` replace the former `lyrathorpe/` and `system/` trees.
- **Portable outputs**: standalone `homeConfigurations."<user>@<system>"` (the portable subset — shell, git, editor, claude) plus an exported `homeModules` for use on machines not managed by this flake, or as an input to other flakes.
- Docs (`README.md`, `home/README.md`) and `.gitignore` updated for the new paths.

## Fixes

- Closes #46 — shared user module authorized one user's SSH key for every account.
- Closes #47 — git committer identity hardcoded as defaults instead of per-user.
- Closes #48 — EDaaS systemd linger hardcoded to a literal username.

## Verification

- `nix flake check` passes: treefmt, deadnix, statix, pre-commit, and evaluation of all NixOS hosts + Darwin + homeConfigurations.
- Derivation-path comparison vs `main`: `lyrathorpe-mbp` and `emmathorpe-edaas` are byte-identical; `lyrathorpe-t400`, `lyrathorpe-macpro31` and `lyrathorpe-rpi5` differ only by de-duplicating a repeated `authorized_keys` entry (confirmed with nix-diff — no other change).
- Standalone `homeConfigurations."lyrathorpe@x86_64-linux".activationPackage` builds.

## Notes

- `emmathorpe` has no personal authorized key yet (it previously inherited Lyra's key via the bug in #46); the registry entry is intentionally empty — add a real key if SSH login as `emmathorpe` is wanted (moot on the WSL host).
- A two-repo (public dotfiles / private systems) split is deferred by design; this internal restructure is the prerequisite for it.

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Co-authored-by: Emma Thorpe <emma.thorpe@citrix.com>
Reviewed-on: #49
This commit was merged in pull request #49.
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Defined in the host table in [`flake.nix`](./flake.nix):
| Configuration | System | Machine |
| --------------------- | ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `lyrathorpe-mbp` | `aarch64-linux` | MacBook Pro (Apple Silicon, Asahi) |
| `lyrathorpe-t400` | `x86_64-linux` | ThinkPad T400 — [install notes](./system/machine/T400/README.md) |
| `lyrathorpe-macpro31` | `x86_64-linux` | Mac Pro 3,1, desktop — [install notes](./system/machine/MacPro31/README.md) |
| `emmathorpe-edaas` | `x86_64-linux` | Work WSL box (NixOS-WSL) |
| `lyrathorpe-rpi5` | `aarch64-linux` | Raspberry Pi 5 headless server: Docker host + nginx reverse proxy — [install notes](./system/machine/RPi5/README.md) |
| `lyrathorpe-mac` | `aarch64-darwin` | macOS (nix-darwin) |
| Configuration | System | Machine |
| --------------------- | ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `lyrathorpe-mbp` | `aarch64-linux` | MacBook Pro (Apple Silicon, Asahi) |
| `lyrathorpe-t400` | `x86_64-linux` | ThinkPad T400 — [install notes](./hosts/T400/README.md) |
| `lyrathorpe-macpro31` | `x86_64-linux` | Mac Pro 3,1, desktop — [install notes](./hosts/MacPro31/README.md) |
| `emmathorpe-edaas` | `x86_64-linux` | Work WSL box (NixOS-WSL) |
| `lyrathorpe-rpi5` | `aarch64-linux` | Raspberry Pi 5 headless server: Docker host + nginx reverse proxy — [install notes](./hosts/RPi5/README.md) |
| `lyrathorpe-mac` | `aarch64-darwin` | macOS (nix-darwin) |
Shared layers: `lyrathorpe/home` (home-manager: shell, git, editor),
`system/modules/common-nixos.nix` (all NixOS hosts: fonts, nix-ld, caches),
`system/modules/workstation.nix` (physical graphical hosts: audio, thermald,
earlyoom, fwupd), `system/modules/laptop.nix` (laptops: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, power,
lid), and `system/modules/ssh.nix` (key-only sshd). The x86 hosts also pull
Shared layers: `home` (home-manager: shell, git, editor),
`modules/common-nixos.nix` (all NixOS hosts: fonts, nix-ld, caches),
`modules/workstation.nix` (physical graphical hosts: audio, thermald,
earlyoom, fwupd), `modules/laptop.nix` (laptops: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, power,
lid), and `modules/ssh.nix` (key-only sshd). The x86 hosts also pull
`nixos-hardware` profiles.
## Users
Identity is data, kept separate from the reusable modules:
- [`users/registry.nix`](./users/registry.nix) — one entry per user (display
name, email, supplementary groups, authorized + signing keys). This is the
single source of identity; no user data is hardcoded in the modules.
- Each host's table entry declares a `users` set keyed by username; every entry
lists that user's home-module composition (the shared `./home` bundle plus any
per-user modules, e.g. [`users/emmathorpe/work.nix`](./users/emmathorpe/work.nix))
and optional per-host-user system bits such as `linger`.
- `mkHost` builds each account from the registry and injects the matching
identity into that user's home config as the `identity` module arg. A host can
therefore declare any number of users.
### Portable home (off-NixOS / external consumers)
The home config is also exposed for use beyond these hosts:
- `homeConfigurations."<user>@<system>"` — a standalone home-manager profile
(the portable subset: shell + git + editor + claude) that can be activated on a
machine this flake does **not** manage:
`home-manager switch --flake .#"lyrathorpe@x86_64-linux"`. The desktop/sway
modules are intentionally excluded (they rely on a NixOS-provided Sway/Firefox
binary).
- `homeModules` — the reusable modules exported so another flake can import them
(`inputs.<this>.homeModules.default`). Consumers must supply the module args
these expect: `inputs` always, `identity` for git/desktop, `portable` for sway.
## Applying
```sh
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## Shell environment & keybindings
- Interactive shell features (zsh, tmux, git, ssh, CLI tools, auto-tmux):
[`lyrathorpe/home/README.md`](./lyrathorpe/home/README.md).
[`home/README.md`](./home/README.md).
- All Sway / tmux / foot / zsh keyboard shortcuts:
[`lyrathorpe/home/KEYBINDINGS.md`](./lyrathorpe/home/KEYBINDINGS.md).
[`home/KEYBINDINGS.md`](./home/KEYBINDINGS.md).
## Login / greeter
Graphical (Sway) hosts log in through a Wayland greeter — `greetd` running
ReGreet inside the `cage` kiosk compositor — implemented in
[`lyrathorpe/swaywm.nix`](./lyrathorpe/swaywm.nix), gated on
[`modules/sway.nix`](./modules/sway.nix), gated on
`features.swayDesktop.enable` (the option is declared in
[`system/modules/features.nix`](./system/modules/features.nix), so headless hosts
can leave it off without importing `swaywm.nix`). The greeter is forced to Dvorak
[`modules/features.nix`](./modules/features.nix), so headless hosts
can leave it off without importing `modules/sway.nix`). The greeter is forced to Dvorak
to match the console and Sway session. Headless hosts (the WSL work box and the
Raspberry Pi server) keep plain TTY login. The target account needs a password
(`passwd <user>`) before it can log in.
## MacBook (Asahi) firmware
The MBP host references `system/modules/firmware/` for Apple peripheral
The MBP host references `modules/firmware/` for Apple peripheral
firmware (Wi-Fi/Bluetooth). These blobs are **committed** (tracked) even though
`.gitignore` lists the directory: the flake is `git+file`, so it only sees
tracked files — untracking them breaks `lyrathorpe-mbp` evaluation (and the CI
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To refresh them, copy the firmware extracted during the Asahi install (from
`/etc/nixos/firmware`, or re-extract per the
[Asahi NixOS docs](https://github.com/tpwrules/nixos-apple-silicon)) into
`system/modules/firmware/` and commit with `git add -f`.
`modules/firmware/` and commit with `git add -f`.
## Development