* Support for setuid binaries
@ 2014-04-30 21:20 Ludovic Courtès
2014-04-30 22:26 ` David Thompson
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2014-04-30 21:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: guix-devel
Hello,
Commit 09e028f adds support for setuid binaries. Since the store cannot
contain setuid binaries, we use the same technique as NixOS: setuid
binaries are created when booting (or when switching configurations.)
That is, for each setuid program, a hard link or a copy of the
executable is created under /run/setuid-programs and make setuid-root.
You can test it by running:
./pre-inst-env guix system vm build-aux/hydra/demo-os.scm
and running for instance ‘ping’ as guest from there.
Ludo’.
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* Re: Support for setuid binaries
2014-04-30 21:20 Support for setuid binaries Ludovic Courtès
@ 2014-04-30 22:26 ` David Thompson
2014-05-01 10:45 ` Ludovic Courtès
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: David Thompson @ 2014-04-30 22:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ludovic Courtès, guix-devel
Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
> Hello,
>
> Commit 09e028f adds support for setuid binaries. Since the store cannot
> contain setuid binaries, we use the same technique as NixOS: setuid
> binaries are created when booting (or when switching configurations.)
>
> That is, for each setuid program, a hard link or a copy of the
> executable is created under /run/setuid-programs and make setuid-root.
>
> You can test it by running:
>
> ./pre-inst-env guix system vm build-aux/hydra/demo-os.scm
>
> and running for instance ‘ping’ as guest from there.
>
> Ludo’.
That's great news! I've been missing sudo lately.
- Dave
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* Re: Support for setuid binaries
2014-04-30 22:26 ` David Thompson
@ 2014-05-01 10:45 ` Ludovic Courtès
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2014-05-01 10:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Thompson; +Cc: guix-devel
David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu> skribis:
> That's great news! I've been missing sudo lately.
But note that this won’t help when using Guix on another distro.
Ludo’.
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