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aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=fail ("headers rsa verify failed") header.d=telenet.be header.s=r22 header.b="YK/BhNOy"; dmarc=fail reason="SPF not aligned (relaxed)" header.from=telenet.be (policy=none); spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -4.21 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=fail ("headers rsa verify failed") header.d=telenet.be header.s=r22 header.b="YK/BhNOy"; dmarc=fail reason="SPF not aligned (relaxed)" header.from=telenet.be (policy=none); spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 1403B3EF9A X-Spam-Score: -4.21 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn1.migadu.com X-TUID: uLZ3jlH7m0sc --=-iNp++vvL4jkZ5La/F1oM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jorge Acereda schreef op zo 09-01-2022 om 20:55 [+0100]: > Hi, >=20 > New user here, so maybe I'm talking BS.=20 >=20 > I'm wondering if getting rid of sudo for reconfiguration is an option. >=20 > What if instead of running all the process as root, it invoked sudo (or > doas) in the final stage, so it can perform the bits that require > permissions? A problem here is that this assumes sudo, so "guix system reconfigure" needs to guess whether to use "su", "sudo", "sudo -E", "doas", ... Looking at guix/scripts/system.scm, it appears that "guix system reconfigure" interacts with shepherd directly, so "guix system reconfigure" needs to be run as root to work; at least currently it cannot delegate this to a separate process to be run under "sudo" or the like. Greetings, Maxime. --=-iNp++vvL4jkZ5La/F1oM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iI0EABYKADUWIQTB8z7iDFKP233XAR9J4+4iGRcl7gUCYdtDYhccbWF4aW1lZGV2 b3NAdGVsZW5ldC5iZQAKCRBJ4+4iGRcl7m9ZAP48/6ma8QDzW0dm9w4czoiX838T pkT0bTRpqTN5VInfUwEApPHleiKSRQRsL0IjcmseWs3UHOfF5v5ciNO3gQNYLAs= =f2av -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-iNp++vvL4jkZ5La/F1oM--