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-rw-r--r--gnu/build/file-systems.scm9
-rw-r--r--gnu/services/shepherd.scm12
-rw-r--r--gnu/tests/base.scm15
3 files changed, 32 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/file-systems.scm b/gnu/build/file-systems.scm
index 3f97afeedd..efd744acc1 100644
--- a/gnu/build/file-systems.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/file-systems.scm
@@ -535,10 +535,13 @@ were found."
(sleep 3)
(reboot))
('fatal-error
- (format (current-error-port)
- "File system check on ~a failed; spawning Bourne-like REPL~%"
+ (format (current-error-port) "File system check on ~a failed~%"
device)
- (start-repl %bournish-language)))
+
+ ;; Spawn a REPL only if someone would be able to interact with it.
+ (when (isatty? (current-input-port))
+ (format (current-error-port) "Spawning Bourne-like REPL.~%")
+ (start-repl %bournish-language))))
(format (current-error-port)
"No file system check procedure for ~a; skipping~%"
device)))
diff --git a/gnu/services/shepherd.scm b/gnu/services/shepherd.scm
index 49d08cc30f..12d649f542 100644
--- a/gnu/services/shepherd.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/shepherd.scm
@@ -281,7 +281,17 @@ stored."
(start service)))
'#$(append-map shepherd-service-provision
(filter shepherd-service-auto-start?
- services)))))))
+ services)))
+
+ ;; Hang up stdin. At this point, we assume that 'start' methods
+ ;; that required user interaction on the console (e.g.,
+ ;; 'cryptsetup open' invocations, post-fsck emergency REPL) have
+ ;; completed. User interaction becomes impossible after this
+ ;; call; this avoids situations where services wrongfully lead
+ ;; PID 1 to read from stdin (the console), which users may not
+ ;; have access to (see <https://bugs.gnu.org/23697>).
+ (redirect-port (open-input-file "/dev/null")
+ (current-input-port))))))
(scheme-file "shepherd.conf" config)))
diff --git a/gnu/tests/base.scm b/gnu/tests/base.scm
index 03392cef38..8d4e218a8f 100644
--- a/gnu/tests/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/tests/base.scm
@@ -123,6 +123,21 @@ initialization step, such as entering a LUKS passphrase."
#f))))
marionette))
+ (test-eq "stdin is /dev/null"
+ 'eof
+ ;; Make sure services can no longer read from stdin once the
+ ;; system has booted.
+ (marionette-eval
+ `(begin
+ (use-modules (gnu services herd))
+ (start 'user-processes)
+ ((@@ (gnu services herd) eval-there)
+ '(let ((result (read (current-input-port))))
+ (if (eof-object? result)
+ 'eof
+ result))))
+ marionette))
+
(test-assert "shell and user commands"
;; Is everything in $PATH?
(zero? (marionette-eval '(system "