From: David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>, guix-devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Support for setuid binaries
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 18:26:57 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87eh0ewj0u.fsf@labrys.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a9b25xb2.fsf@gnu.org>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-30 22:27 UTC|newest]
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2014-04-30 21:20 Support for setuid binaries Ludovic Courtès
2014-04-30 22:26 ` David Thompson [this message]
2014-05-01 10:45 ` Ludovic Courtès
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