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proot-based non-root setup: refusing to run with elevated privileges (UID 0)

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From: Florian Thevissen <mail <at> florian-thevissen.de>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: bug-Guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34494: proot-based non-root setup: refusing to run with
 elevated privileges (UID 0)
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2019 19:57:42 +0100

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Hi Ludovic,

   Not really answering your question, but would user namespaces be an
   option for you? If so,
   <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2018-05/msg00139.html>
   might be a simpler option.

Thank you for the suggestion, this does look interesting.

However, the original use-case of using guix in a non-root scenario is 
no longer relevant to me: I was convincing enough to get guix 
root-installed on all relevant machines on which I do not have root 
access. So I can enjoy guix properly, now.

However, I could very well imagine guix to be used on a per-user basis, 
acting on some sub-directory of $HOME. Afterall, many (most?) 
desktop-systems are used by a single user - or so I would argue…

On the original topic - I recently learned that the mechanisms proot 
employs might just not work on all systems. So the issue may not per-se 
have been with guix, but with proot. I’m no expert on the subject 
though, and didn’t dig deeper yet.

Best regards,
Florian

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