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-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi10
-rw-r--r--gnu/machine/ssh.scm8
-rw-r--r--guix/remote.scm57
-rw-r--r--guix/ssh.scm25
4 files changed, 72 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index a7facf4701..e5cec7ad25 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -25514,6 +25514,7 @@ evaluates to. As an example, @var{file} might contain a definition like this:
(environment managed-host-environment-type)
(configuration (machine-ssh-configuration
(host-name "localhost")
+ (user "alice")
(identity "./id_rsa")
(port 2222)))))
@end example
@@ -25546,6 +25547,15 @@ accepts store items it receives from the coordinator:
# guix archive --authorize < coordinator-public-key.txt
@end example
+@code{user}, in this example, specifies the name of the user account to log in
+as to perform the deployment. Its default value is @code{root}, but root
+login over SSH may be forbidden in some cases. To work around this,
+@command{guix deploy} can log in as an unprivileged user and employ
+@code{sudo} to escalate privileges. This will only work if @code{sudo} is
+currently installed on the remote and can be invoked non-interactively as
+@code{user}. That is: the line in @code{sudoers} granting @code{user} the
+ability to use @code{sudo} must contain the @code{NOPASSWD} tag.
+
@deftp {Data Type} machine
This is the data type representing a single machine in a heterogeneous Guix
deployment.
diff --git a/gnu/machine/ssh.scm b/gnu/machine/ssh.scm
index 670990a633..fb15d39e61 100644
--- a/gnu/machine/ssh.scm
+++ b/gnu/machine/ssh.scm
@@ -101,6 +101,14 @@ one from the configuration's parameters if one was not provided."
;;; Remote evaluation.
;;;
+(define (machine-become-command machine)
+ "Return as a list of strings the program and arguments necessary to run a
+shell command with escalated privileges for MACHINE's configuration."
+ (if (string= "root" (machine-ssh-configuration-user
+ (machine-configuration machine)))
+ '()
+ '("/run/setuid-programs/sudo" "-n" "--")))
+
(define (managed-host-remote-eval machine exp)
"Internal implementation of 'machine-remote-eval' for MACHINE instances with
an environment type of 'managed-host."
diff --git a/guix/remote.scm b/guix/remote.scm
index bcac64ea7a..d8124e41ab 100644
--- a/guix/remote.scm
+++ b/guix/remote.scm
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
#:use-module (guix utils)
#:use-module (ssh popen)
#:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
+ #:use-module (srfi srfi-34)
+ #:use-module (srfi srfi-35)
#:use-module (ice-9 match)
#:export (remote-eval))
@@ -41,29 +43,41 @@
;;;
;;; Code:
-(define (remote-pipe-for-gexp lowered session)
- "Return a remote pipe for the given SESSION to evaluate LOWERED."
+(define* (remote-pipe-for-gexp lowered session #:optional become-command)
+ "Return a remote pipe for the given SESSION to evaluate LOWERED. If
+BECOME-COMMAND is given, use that to invoke the remote Guile REPL."
(define shell-quote
(compose object->string object->string))
- (apply open-remote-pipe* session OPEN_READ
- (string-append (derivation-input-output-path
- (lowered-gexp-guile lowered))
- "/bin/guile")
- "--no-auto-compile"
- (append (append-map (lambda (directory)
- `("-L" ,directory))
- (lowered-gexp-load-path lowered))
- (append-map (lambda (directory)
- `("-C" ,directory))
- (lowered-gexp-load-path lowered))
- `("-c"
- ,(shell-quote (lowered-gexp-sexp lowered))))))
+ (define repl-command
+ (append (or become-command '())
+ (list
+ (string-append (derivation-input-output-path
+ (lowered-gexp-guile lowered))
+ "/bin/guile")
+ "--no-auto-compile")
+ (append-map (lambda (directory)
+ `("-L" ,directory))
+ (lowered-gexp-load-path lowered))
+ (append-map (lambda (directory)
+ `("-C" ,directory))
+ (lowered-gexp-load-path lowered))
+ `("-c"
+ ,(shell-quote (lowered-gexp-sexp lowered)))))
-(define (%remote-eval lowered session)
+ (let ((pipe (apply open-remote-pipe* session OPEN_READ repl-command)))
+ (when (eof-object? (peek-char pipe))
+ (raise (condition
+ (&message
+ (message (format #f (G_ "failed to run '~{~a~^ ~}'")
+ repl-command))))))
+ pipe))
+
+(define* (%remote-eval lowered session #:optional become-command)
"Evaluate LOWERED, a lowered gexp, in SESSION. This assumes that all the
-prerequisites of EXP are already available on the host at SESSION."
- (let* ((pipe (remote-pipe-for-gexp lowered session))
+prerequisites of EXP are already available on the host at SESSION. If
+BECOME-COMMAND is given, use that to invoke the remote Guile REPL."
+ (let* ((pipe (remote-pipe-for-gexp lowered session become-command))
(result (read-repl-response pipe)))
(close-port pipe)
result))
@@ -92,7 +106,8 @@ result to the current output port using the (guix repl) protocol."
(build-locally? #t)
(system (%current-system))
(module-path %load-path)
- (socket-name "/var/guix/daemon-socket/socket"))
+ (socket-name "/var/guix/daemon-socket/socket")
+ (become-command #f))
"Evaluate EXP, a gexp, on the host at SESSION, an SSH session. Ensure that
all the elements EXP refers to are built and deployed to SESSION beforehand.
When BUILD-LOCALLY? is true, said dependencies are built locally and sent to
@@ -119,7 +134,7 @@ remote store."
(built-derivations inputs)
((store-lift send-files) to-send remote #:recursive? #t)
(return (close-connection remote))
- (return (%remote-eval lowered session))))
+ (return (%remote-eval lowered session become-command))))
(let ((to-send (append (map (compose derivation-file-name
derivation-input-derivation)
inputs)
@@ -128,4 +143,4 @@ remote store."
((store-lift send-files) to-send remote #:recursive? #t)
(return (build-derivations remote inputs))
(return (close-connection remote))
- (return (%remote-eval lowered session)))))))
+ (return (%remote-eval lowered session become-command)))))))
diff --git a/guix/ssh.scm b/guix/ssh.scm
index 9b5ca68894..90311127a1 100644
--- a/guix/ssh.scm
+++ b/guix/ssh.scm
@@ -98,16 +98,27 @@ specifies; otherwise use them. Throw an error on failure."
(message (format #f (G_ "SSH connection to '~a' failed: ~a~%")
host (get-error session))))))))))
-(define (remote-inferior session)
- "Return a remote inferior for the given SESSION."
- (let ((pipe (open-remote-pipe* session OPEN_BOTH
- "guix" "repl" "-t" "machine")))
+(define* (remote-inferior session #:optional become-command)
+ "Return a remote inferior for the given SESSION. If BECOME-COMMAND is
+given, use that to invoke the remote Guile REPL."
+ (let* ((repl-command (append (or become-command '())
+ '("guix" "repl" "-t" "machine")))
+ (pipe (apply open-remote-pipe* session OPEN_BOTH repl-command)))
+ ;; XXX: 'channel-get-exit-status' would be better here, but hangs if the
+ ;; process does succeed. This doesn't reflect the documentation, so it's
+ ;; possible that it's a bug in guile-ssh.
+ (when (eof-object? (peek-char pipe))
+ (raise (condition
+ (&message
+ (message (format #f (G_ "failed to run '~{~a~^ ~}'")
+ repl-command))))))
(port->inferior pipe)))
-(define (inferior-remote-eval exp session)
+(define* (inferior-remote-eval exp session #:optional become-command)
"Evaluate EXP in a new inferior running in SESSION, and close the inferior
-right away."
- (let ((inferior (remote-inferior session)))
+right away. If BECOME-COMMAND is given, use that to invoke the remote Guile
+REPL."
+ (let ((inferior (remote-inferior session become-command)))
(dynamic-wind
(const #t)
(lambda ()