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From: Timo Wilken <guix@twilken.net>
To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How do I install a file with custom permissions?
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 21:56:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221129205659.uvwm7il7cscgbs7r@timo-pc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wn7dee8c.fsf@nckx>

Hi Tobias,

On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 08:34:44PM +0100, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote:
> Hi Timo,
> 
> Timo Wilken 写道:
> > I'm trying to patch the `wireguard-service-type' to accept pre-shared
> > keys and add them to the generated config. This all seems to work
> > fine, except that I can't get guix to generate a non-world-readable
> > configuration file.
> 
> Alas (for your plans), this is not possible.  Guix's store model, inherited
> from Nix, is a word-readable heap.
> 
> Dealing with secrets outside of the store is one area where Nix is ‘ahead’
> of Guix, in that they seem to have multiple solutions[0]. Very Nix.
> 
> Guix users currently use strategies similar to the second half of that
> table: the secret is placed outside of the store, not managed through Guix,
> and the Guix service/package is pointed to it at run time.  Every search
> result for ‘secrets’ in the Guix manual is part of such a primitive scheme.

Fair enough. Thanks for the pointers!

Cheers,
Timo


      reply	other threads:[~2022-11-29 20:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-11-29 19:24 How do I install a file with custom permissions? Timo Wilken
2022-11-29 19:34 ` Julien Lepiller
2022-11-29 19:43   ` Timo Wilken
2022-11-29 19:34 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2022-11-29 20:56   ` Timo Wilken [this message]

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