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From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#34494: proot-based non-root setup: refusing to run with elevated
	privileges (UID 0)
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 22:45:41 +0100
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In-Reply-To: <81415b97-6e02-33dc-a4da-b1b046d5a4e7@florian-thevissen.de>
	(Florian Thevissen's message of "Fri, 15 Feb 2019 21:39:21 +0100")
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To: Florian Thevissen <mail@florian-thevissen.de>
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Hi Florian,

Florian Thevissen <mail@florian-thevissen.de> skribis:

> I am trying to get guix to run on a system where I do not have root
> access, following a guide by pjotrp involving proot, here:
> https://github.com/pjotrp/guix-notes/blob/master/GUIX-NO-ROOT.org .

Not really answering your question, but would user namespaces be an
option for you?

If so,
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2018-05/msg00139.html>
might be a simpler option.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.