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bug#38800: Non-existent setuid programs make "guix system reconfigure" b
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Ludovic Courtès |
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bug#38800: Non-existent setuid programs make "guix system reconfigure" break mid-generation-switch |
Date: |
Thu, 02 Jan 2020 19:45:25 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) |
Hello,
Jakub Kądziołka <address@hidden> skribis:
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 0. [IMPORTANT] Make sure you will be able to reconfigure your system
> when all setuid binaries stop working (this includes sudo, which
> makes this, IMHO, a serious bug).
>
> Namely, either make sure you can log in as root, or keep a "sudo -s"
> shell open. The latter is slightly more dangerous in the event of a
> power outage.
>
> I would also recommend running "guix pull" in this recovery shell, as
> a root login shell will use root's profile, and not your own.
> 1. Add a non-existant file to your system configuration's
> setuid-programs. For example,
>
> (setuid-programs (cons*
> #~(string-append #$bash "/bin/enoent")
> %setuid-programs))
>
> 2. Reconfigure your system.
>
> $ sudo guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm
>
> Actual behavior:
>
> activating system...
> substitute: updating substitutes from 'https://ci.guix.gnu.org'... 100.0%
> building
> /gnu/store/0ay9wd3wz4x0f5mgmbdfs72w98qvm68z-switch-to-system.scm.drv...
> making '/gnu/store/7vwa2xd378fgwrkgwif7pi6ymshsf2jc-system' the current
> system...
> setting up setuid programs in '/run/setuid-programs'...
> guix system: error: copy-file: No such file or directory:
> "/run/setuid-programs/enoent"
> $ sudoedit /etc/config.scm
> -bash: /run/setuid-programs/sudoedit: No such file or directory
> $ ls -l /run/setuid-programs
> total 0
Good catch, I believe commit 7c4e4bac876190eae90635ba7d7f59892c31bcc6
fixes it.
> 3. [OPTIONAL] Run a rollback.
>
> # guix system roll-back
>
> Expected behavior: /run/setuid-programs gets populated again.
> Actual behavior: /run/setuid-programs is still empty.
>
> (Is this a separate bug with roll-back not restoring setuid-programs? No
> idea, didn't test)
It looks like a separate bug, yes. Could you report it separately?
Thanks!
Ludo’.
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