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author | Brice Waegeneire <brice@waegenei.re> | 2021-07-06 22:03:20 +0200 |
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committer | Christopher Lemmer Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org> | 2021-07-29 11:32:48 -0400 |
commit | a85ec0bf69df9ec3333a214feff54d4e58b15bec (patch) | |
tree | 3f5623ae3651936d9106bd139b4b66ffc834277b /doc | |
parent | a7ac19851baab3fbcc40c4b2cf5b00a6ac9cd2f3 (diff) |
services: Migrate to <setuid-program>.
* gnu/services/dbus.scm (dbus-setuid-programs, polkit-setuid-programs):
Return setuid-programs.
* gnu/services/desktop.scm (enlightenment-setuid-programs): Return
setuid-programs.
(%desktop-services)[mount-setuid-helpers]: Use setuid-programs.
* gnu/services/docker.scm (singularity-setuid-programs): Return
setuid-programs.
* gnu/services/xorg.scm(screen-locker-setuid-programs): Return
setuid-programs.
* gnu/system.scm (%setuid-programs): Return setuid-programs.
* doc/guix.texi (Setuid Programs, operating-system Reference): Replace
'list of G-expressions' with 'list of <setuid-program>'.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 19 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 3c23ae46c0..2298d512a1 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -13905,8 +13905,8 @@ Linux @dfn{pluggable authentication module} (PAM) services. @c FIXME: Add xref to PAM services section. @item @code{setuid-programs} (default: @code{%setuid-programs}) -List of string-valued G-expressions denoting setuid programs. -@xref{Setuid Programs}. +List of @code{<setuid-program>}. @xref{Setuid Programs}, for more +information. @item @code{sudoers-file} (default: @code{%sudoers-specification}) @cindex sudoers file @@ -32389,13 +32389,15 @@ the store, we let the system administrator @emph{declare} which programs should be setuid root. The @code{setuid-programs} field of an @code{operating-system} -declaration contains a list of G-expressions denoting the names of -programs to be setuid-root (@pxref{Using the Configuration System}). -For instance, the @command{passwd} program, which is part of the Shadow -package, can be designated by this G-expression (@pxref{G-Expressions}): +declaration contains a list of @code{<setuid-program>} denoting the +names of programs to have a setuid or setgid bit set (@pxref{Using the +Configuration System}). For instance, the @command{passwd} program, +which is part of the Shadow package, with a setuid root can be +designated like this: @example -#~(string-append #$shadow "/bin/passwd") +(setuid-program + (program (file-append #$shadow "/bin/passwd"))) @end example @deftp {Data Type} setuid-program @@ -32426,7 +32428,8 @@ A default set of setuid programs is defined by the @code{%setuid-programs} variable of the @code{(gnu system)} module. @defvr {Scheme Variable} %setuid-programs -A list of G-expressions denoting common programs that are setuid-root. +A list of @code{<setuid-program>} denoting common programs that are +setuid-root. The list includes commands such as @command{passwd}, @command{ping}, @command{su}, and @command{sudo}. |