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From: Ben Weinstein-Raun <root@benwr.net>
To: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Running untrusted code as root in a `guix system vm`?
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2023 23:40:50 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7fd0d86d-9e36-4949-8917-8daf3181c86f@benwr.net> (raw)

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Hello!

I'm considering running some software inside a VM created using `guix
system vm`. The easiest thing to do would be to run the virtualized
software as root. Normally I wouldn't think twice about that, but iiuc
the guest will have the host's /store mounted. Am I right that this
should make me nervous about running untrusted things as root in the VM?
Or is there some trick by which a root process in the VM is prevented
from destructively changing /store?

Thanks!


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             reply	other threads:[~2023-12-29 23:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-12-29 23:40 Ben Weinstein-Raun [this message]
2024-02-15 16:56 ` Running untrusted code as root in a `guix system vm`? Simon Tournier

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