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| author | David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu> | 2016-03-17 23:19:25 -0400 |
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| committer | David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu> | 2016-03-26 09:38:27 -0400 |
| commit | a01ad63893da1f1cf1b35482037382030724716c (patch) | |
| tree | f9197cf8b889c123d33fdc431f1c86e297a60467 /doc | |
| parent | bf9eacd2af770c458dbd8c18d14e1885b6246313 (diff) | |
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environment: container: Create dummy home directory and /etc/passwd.
* guix/scripts/environment.scm (launch-environment/container): Change
$HOME to the current user's home directory instead of
/homeless-shelter. Create a dummy /etc/passwd with a single entry for
the current user.
* doc/guix.texi ("invoking guix environment"): Add a note about the
dummy home directory and /etc/passwd.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index b618480353..008a5cf714 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3292,7 +3292,7 @@ omitted since it will take place implicitly, as we will see later @end example @c See -@c <https://syntaxexclamation.wordpress.com/2014/06/26/escaping-continuations/> +@c <https://syntaxexclamation.wordpress.com/2014/06/26/escaping-continuations/> @c for the funny quote. Calling the monadic @code{sh-symlink} has no effect. As someone once said, ``you exit a monad like you exit a building on fire: by running''. @@ -4339,7 +4339,7 @@ So for instance, imagine you want to see the build log of GDB on MIPS, but you are actually on an @code{x86_64} machine: @example -$ guix build --log-file gdb -s mips64el-linux +$ guix build --log-file gdb -s mips64el-linux https://hydra.gnu.org/log/@dots{}-gdb-7.10 @end example @@ -5338,10 +5338,11 @@ Attempt to build for @var{system}---e.g., @code{i686-linux}. @itemx -C @cindex container Run @var{command} within an isolated container. The current working -directory outside the container is mapped inside the -container. Additionally, the spawned process runs as the current user -outside the container, but has root privileges in the context of the -container. +directory outside the container is mapped inside the container. +Additionally, a dummy home directory is created that matches the current +user's home directory, and @file{/etc/passwd} is configured accordingly. +The spawned process runs as the current user outside the container, but +has root privileges in the context of the container. @item --network @itemx -N @@ -8748,7 +8749,7 @@ isn't enough disk space, just skip it. @item fcntl Use this if possible. Works with NFS too if lockd is used. @item flock -May not exist in all systems. Doesn't work with NFS. +May not exist in all systems. Doesn't work with NFS. @item lockf May not exist in all systems. Doesn't work with NFS. @end table |