From: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
To: Ben Weinstein-Raun <root@benwr.net>, help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Running untrusted code as root in a `guix system vm`?
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 17:56:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87jzn56506.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7fd0d86d-9e36-4949-8917-8daf3181c86f@benwr.net>
Hi,
On ven., 29 déc. 2023 at 23:40, Ben Weinstein-Raun <root@benwr.net> wrote:
> 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?
What do you mean by “destructively changing /store”?
Cheers,
simon
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2023-12-29 23:40 Running untrusted code as root in a `guix system vm`? Ben Weinstein-Raun
2024-02-15 16:56 ` Simon Tournier [this message]
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