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daemon: Build `nix-setuid-helper'.
* daemon.am (libexec_PROGRAMS, nix_setuid_helper_SOURCES, nix_setuid_helper_CPPFLAGS, nix_setuid_helper_LDADD): New variables. * test-env.in: Set and export `NIX_SETUID_HELPER'. * README (Installing Guix as non-root): New section.
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@@ -59,10 +59,29 @@ the promise of a build; it is stored as a text file under
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`derivation' primitive, as well as higher-level wrappers such as
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`build-expression->derivation'.
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Guix does remote procedure calls (RPCs) to the Nix daemon (the
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=nix-worker --daemon= command), which in turn performs builds and
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accesses to the Nix store on its behalf. The RPCs are implemented in
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the (guix store) module.
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Guix does remote procedure calls (RPCs) to the Guix or Nix daemon (the
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=guix-daemon= or =nix-daemon= command), which in turn performs builds
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and accesses to the Nix store on its behalf. The RPCs are implemented
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in the (guix store) module.
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* Installing Guix as non-root
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The Guix daemon allows software builds to be performed under alternate
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user accounts, which are normally created specifically for this
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purpose. For instance, you may have a pool of accounts in the
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=guixbuild= group, and then you can instruct =guix-daemon= to use them
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like this:
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$ guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild
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However, unless it is run as root, =guix-daemon= cannot switch users.
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In that case, it falls back to using a setuid-root helper program call
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=nix-setuid-helper=. That program is not setuid-root by default when
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you install it; instead you should run a command along these lines
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(assuming Guix is installed under /usr/local):
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# chown root.root /usr/local/libexec/nix-setuid-helper
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# chmod 4755 /usr/local/libexec/nix-setuid-helper
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* Contact
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