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-rw-r--r--gnu/build/activation.scm54
-rw-r--r--gnu/services.scm9
3 files changed, 44 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 403e1924bd..03a8c13d0c 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -41732,7 +41732,7 @@ The list includes commands such as @command{passwd}, @command{ping},
@end defvar
Under the hood, the actual setuid programs are created in the
-@file{/run/setuid-programs} directory at system activation time. The
+@file{/run/privileged/bin} directory at system activation time. The
files in this directory refer to the ``real'' binaries, which are in the
store.
diff --git a/gnu/build/activation.scm b/gnu/build/activation.scm
index d8c0cd22a3..249b84c076 100644
--- a/gnu/build/activation.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/activation.scm
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2021 Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be>
;;; Copyright © 2020 Christine Lemmer-Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>
;;; Copyright © 2021 Brice Waegeneire <brice@waegenei.re>
+;;; Copyright © 2022 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
;;; Copyright © 2024 Nicolas Graves <ngraves@ngraves.fr>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -279,14 +280,29 @@ they already exist."
string<?)))
(define %setuid-directory
- ;; Place where setuid programs are stored.
+ ;; Place where setuid programs used to be stored. It exists for backwards
+ ;; compatibility & will be removed. Use %PRIVILEGED-PROGRAM-DIRECTORY instead.
"/run/setuid-programs")
+(define %privileged-program-directory
+ ;; Place where privileged copies of programs are stored.
+ "/run/privileged/bin")
+
(define (activate-setuid-programs programs)
- "Turn PROGRAMS, a list of file setuid-programs record, into setuid programs
-stored under %SETUID-DIRECTORY."
- (define (make-setuid-program program setuid? setgid? uid gid)
- (let ((target (string-append %setuid-directory
+ "Turn PROGRAMS, a list of file setuid-programs records, into privileged
+copies stored under %PRIVILEGED-PROGRAM-DIRECTORY."
+ (define (ensure-empty-directory directory)
+ (if (file-exists? directory)
+ (for-each (compose delete-file
+ (cut string-append directory "/" <>))
+ (scandir directory
+ (lambda (file)
+ (not (member file '("." ".."))))
+ string<?))
+ (mkdir-p directory)) )
+
+ (define (make-privileged-program program setuid? setgid? uid gid)
+ (let ((target (string-append %privileged-program-directory
"/" (basename program)))
(mode (+ #o0555 ; base permissions
(if setuid? #o4000 0) ; setuid bit
@@ -295,16 +311,17 @@ stored under %SETUID-DIRECTORY."
(chown target uid gid)
(chmod target mode)))
- (format #t "setting up setuid programs in '~a'...~%"
- %setuid-directory)
- (if (file-exists? %setuid-directory)
- (for-each (compose delete-file
- (cut string-append %setuid-directory "/" <>))
- (scandir %setuid-directory
- (lambda (file)
- (not (member file '("." ".."))))
- string<?))
- (mkdir-p %setuid-directory))
+ (define (make-deprecated-wrapper program)
+ ;; This will eventually become a script that warns on usage, then vanish.
+ (symlink (string-append %privileged-program-directory
+ "/" (basename program))
+ (string-append %setuid-directory
+ "/" (basename program))))
+
+ (format #t "setting up privileged programs in '~a'...~%"
+ %privileged-program-directory)
+ (ensure-empty-directory %privileged-program-directory)
+ (ensure-empty-directory %setuid-directory)
(for-each (lambda (program)
(catch 'system-error
@@ -320,11 +337,12 @@ stored under %SETUID-DIRECTORY."
(gid (match group
((? string?) (group:gid (getgrnam group)))
((? integer?) group))))
- (make-setuid-program program-name setuid? setgid? uid gid)))
+ (make-privileged-program program-name setuid? setgid? uid gid)
+ (make-deprecated-wrapper program-name)))
(lambda args
;; If we fail to create a setuid program, better keep going
- ;; so that we don't leave %SETUID-DIRECTORY empty or
- ;; half-populated. This can happen if PROGRAMS contains
+ ;; so that we don't leave %PRIVILEGED-PROGRAM-DIRECTORY empty
+ ;; or half-populated. This can happen if PROGRAMS contains
;; incorrect file names: <https://bugs.gnu.org/38800>.
(format (current-error-port)
"warning: failed to make ~s setuid/setgid: ~a~%"
diff --git a/gnu/services.scm b/gnu/services.scm
index 88593e8091..98355c20f5 100644
--- a/gnu/services.scm
+++ b/gnu/services.scm
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2021 raid5atemyhomework <raid5atemyhomework@protonmail.com>
;;; Copyright © 2020 Christine Lemmer-Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>
;;; Copyright © 2020, 2021 Brice Waegeneire <brice@waegenei.re>
+;;; Copyright © 2022 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
;;; Copyright © 2023 Brian Cully <bjc@spork.org>
;;; Copyright © 2024 Nicolas Graves <ngraves@ngraves.fr>
;;;
@@ -921,8 +922,12 @@ FILES must be a list of name/file-like object pairs."
(extend (lambda (config extensions)
(append config extensions)))
(description
- "Populate @file{/run/setuid-programs} with the specified
-executables, making them setuid and/or setgid.")))
+ "Copy the specified executables to @file{/run/privileged/bin}
+and apply special privileges like setuid and/or setgid.
+
+The deprecated @file{/run/setuid-programs} directory is also populated with
+symbolic links to their @file{/run/privileged/bin} counterpart. It will be
+removed in a future Guix release.")))
(define (packages->profile-entry packages)
"Return a system entry for the profile containing PACKAGES."