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bug#34494: proot-based non-root setup: refusing to run with elevated pri
From: |
Pjotr Prins |
Subject: |
bug#34494: proot-based non-root setup: refusing to run with elevated privileges (UID 0) |
Date: |
Sat, 16 Feb 2019 07:34:52 +0100 |
User-agent: |
NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) |
Did you try something like
proot -0 -b /proc -b /dev -b /etc -r . -b etc_guix/acl:/etc/guix/acl
gnu/store/vir3l..-guix-0.x/bin/guix-daemon --disable-chroot
(note the extra -0 and chroot switches) and you should see on a guix package
install.
That used to work. But maybe no longer?
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 09:39:21PM +0100, Florian Thevissen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to get guix to run on a system where I do not have root
> access, following a guide by pjotrp involving proot, here:
> [1]https://github.com/pjotrp/guix-notes/blob/master/GUIX-NO-ROOT.org .
>
> All guix operations that involve the script perform-download fail with
> the error:
>
> guix perform-download: error: refusing to run with elevated
> privileges (UID 0)
>
> I am not sure if this hints at a bug in guix itself, but a comment in
> the guix sources lets me assume so. It says in
> package-management.scm:355
>
> “Note that scripts like ‘guix perform-download’ do not run as root
> (…)”
>
> In my setup, following this guide, however, it apparently is run as
> root, and (assert-low-privileges) in the script perform-download.scm:89
> acts accordingly by signalling the error and exiting.
>
> (By the way - running guix-daemon with proot root privileges fails
> (-0), and running it without (no -0) fails also.)
>
> Now my question: why is perform-download run as root following pjotrs
> guide, and is there anything that can be done about it?
>
> I am a bit at a loss here, being unfamiliar with the guix sources and
> overall system setup.
>
> Looking forward to help, thanks,
>
> Florian
>
>
> References
>
> 1. https://github.com/pjotrp/guix-notes/blob/master/GUIX-NO-ROOT.org