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[PATCH] doc: prevent host/container nscd mismatch

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Message #8 received at 43371 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: edk <at> beaver-labs.com
Cc: 43371 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, conjaroy <conjaroy <at> gmail.com>, 41575 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#43371] [PATCH] doc: prevent host/container nscd mismatch
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 23:05:09 +0200

Hi,

edk <at> beaver-labs.com skribis:

> doc/guix.texi: (Name Service Switch) add a workaround for bug #41575
> ---
>  doc/guix.texi | 16 +++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
> index a6e14ea177..a9472e680e 100644
> --- a/doc/guix.texi
> +++ b/doc/guix.texi
> @@ -1706,6 +1706,20 @@ this binary incompatibility problem because those @code{libnss_*.so}
>  files are loaded in the @command{nscd} process, not in applications
>  themselves.
>  
> +For applications running in containers (@pxref{Invokin guix container}),
> +however, @code{nscd} may leak information from the host to the container.
> +If there is a configuration mismatch between the two ---e.g., the host
> +has no @code{sshd} user while the container needs one--- then it may be

I find the example is hard to understand.  How about: “applications in
the container could end up looking users in the host”?

> +worthwhile to limit which kind of information the host's @code{nscd}
> +daemon may give to the container by adding the following to
> +@code{/etc/nscd.conf}.
> +
> +@example
> +        enable-cache            passwd          no
> +        enable-cache            group           no
> +        enable-cache            netgroup        no
> +@end example

Actually, perhaps the better fix is to never use the host’s nscd?  We
could change ‘containerized-operating-system’ accordingly.

That would allow guest OSes to work correctly regardless of the host’s
nscd config, which seems like an improvement.

Thoughts?

Ludo’.

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