[debbugs-tracker] bug#34730: closed ([PATCH 0/4] Add (gnu build accounts) and use it to create /etc/passwd & co.)

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> [PATCH 0/4] Add (gnu build accounts) and use it to create /etc/passwd & co.
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> Mon,  4 Mar 2019 12:12:13 +0100
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> Hello Guix!
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> This patch series adds a new module, (gnu build accounts), and
> uses it to create /etc/{passwd,group,shadow} upon system activation.
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> This replaces functionality currently provided by the Shadow
> command-line tools (‘useradd’, ‘usermod’, etc.) and libc (‘getspnam’,
> ‘putpwent’, and all these wonderful APIs.)
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> It’s more code on our side, but it’s overall much less code involved
> to create those databases.  The code makes the UID/GID allocation
> strategy and state handling (preserving passwords and UIDs/GIDs, not
> reusing currently-used UIDs/GIDs, etc.) much clearer and auditable.
> Previously all this was buried in imperative calls to ‘useradd’ & co.,
> which in turn have an ID allocation strategy baked deep down into
> the Shadow code.
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> As a side effect the system boots slightly faster and we get PIDs
> starting at ~190 instead of ~300 on a bare-bones system.  :-)
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> Feedback welcome!
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> Ludo’.
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> Ludovic Courtès (4):
>   system: Add (gnu system accounts).
>   activation: Operate on <user-account> and <user-group> records.
>   Add (gnu build accounts).
>   activation: Build account databases with (gnu build accounts).
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>  Makefile.am              |   1 +
>  gnu/build/accounts.scm   | 561 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  gnu/build/activation.scm | 245 +++--------------
>  gnu/build/install.scm    |   3 +-
>  gnu/local.mk             |   2 +
>  gnu/system/accounts.scm  | 109 ++++++++
>  gnu/system/shadow.scm    |  92 +++----
>  tests/accounts.scm       | 309 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  8 files changed, 1061 insertions(+), 261 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 gnu/build/accounts.scm
>  create mode 100644 gnu/system/accounts.scm
>  create mode 100644 tests/accounts.scm
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> Hello!
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> Pushed!  I’ve reconfigured and rebooted my system and I confirm I can
> still log in.  :-)
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>   0ae735bcc8 activation: Build account databases with (gnu build accounts).
>   ec600e4544 Add (gnu build accounts).
>   6061d01512 activation: Operate on <user-account> and <user-group> records.
>   f6f67b87c0 system: Add (gnu system accounts).
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> Ludo’.
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