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| author | David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu> | 2016-03-17 23:19:25 -0400 |
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| committer | David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu> | 2016-03-26 09:38:27 -0400 |
| commit | a01ad63893da1f1cf1b35482037382030724716c (patch) | |
| tree | f9197cf8b889c123d33fdc431f1c86e297a60467 /guix/scripts | |
| parent | bf9eacd2af770c458dbd8c18d14e1885b6246313 (diff) | |
environment: container: Create dummy home directory and /etc/passwd.
* guix/scripts/environment.scm (launch-environment/container): Change
$HOME to the current user's home directory instead of
/homeless-shelter. Create a dummy /etc/passwd with a single entry for
the current user.
* doc/guix.texi ("invoking guix environment"): Add a note about the
dummy home directory and /etc/passwd.
Diffstat (limited to 'guix/scripts')
| -rw-r--r-- | guix/scripts/environment.scm | 31 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/environment.scm b/guix/scripts/environment.scm index b122b4cd40..0d5cab432c 100644 --- a/guix/scripts/environment.scm +++ b/guix/scripts/environment.scm @@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ host file systems to mount inside the container." (list (direct-store-path bash) profile)))) (return (let* ((cwd (getcwd)) + (passwd (getpwuid (getuid))) ;; Bind-mount all requisite store items, user-specified mappings, ;; /bin/sh, the current working directory, and possibly networking ;; configuration files within the container. @@ -417,16 +418,26 @@ host file systems to mount inside the container." ;; The same variables as in Nix's 'build.cc'. '("TMPDIR" "TEMPDIR" "TMP" "TEMP")) - ;; From Nix build.cc: - ;; - ;; Set HOME to a non-existing path to prevent certain - ;; programs from using /etc/passwd (or NIS, or whatever) - ;; to locate the home directory (for example, wget looks - ;; for ~/.wgetrc). I.e., these tools use /etc/passwd if - ;; HOME is not set, but they will just assume that the - ;; settings file they are looking for does not exist if - ;; HOME is set but points to some non-existing path. - (setenv "HOME" "/homeless-shelter") + ;; Create a dummy home directory under the same name as on the + ;; host. + (mkdir-p (passwd:dir passwd)) + (setenv "HOME" (passwd:dir passwd)) + + ;; Create a dummy /etc/passwd to satisfy applications that demand + ;; to read it, such as 'git clone' over SSH, a valid use-case when + ;; sharing the host's network namespace. + (mkdir-p "/etc") + (call-with-output-file "/etc/passwd" + (lambda (port) + (display (string-join (list (passwd:name passwd) + "x" ; but there is no shadow + "0" "0" ; user is now root + (passwd:gecos passwd) + (passwd:dir passwd) + bash) + ":") + port) + (newline port))) ;; For convenience, start in the user's current working ;; directory rather than the root directory. |