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bug#41806: rsync service broken (uid, "files" module)
From: |
Maxim Cournoyer |
Subject: |
bug#41806: rsync service broken (uid, "files" module) |
Date: |
Sun, 30 Jul 2023 09:31:28 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) |
Hello,
Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> writes:
> A few things are not working with the Guix rsync service:
>
> 1. A "files" module is created by default:
>
> # Generated by 'rsync-service'.
>
> pid file = /var/run/rsyncd/rsyncd.pid
> lock file = /var/run/rsyncd/rsyncd.lock
> log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log
> port = 873
> use chroot = true
> uid = rsyncd
> gid = rsyncd
>
> [files]
> path = /srv/rsyncd
> comment = Rsync share
> read only = false
> timeout = 300
>
>
> But rsync-configuration does not allow the user to specify another
> module name, nor to add a module. This is limiting.
I think this was fixed by Ludovic in
c9d92409d4d3f587f73c6f48f845a913f7278ad1 ("services: rsync: Allow
configuring several rsync "modules".")
> Furthermore, the default module name is not documented, so one has to
> guess that the client must invoke
>
> rsync ... $HOST/files ... # The "files" here matters!
>
>
> 2. The `uid' option does not work. With the following configuration
>
> (service rsync-service-type
> (rsync-configuration
> (uid "ambrevar")
> (gid "users")
> (share-path "/whatever")
> (read-only? #t)))
>
>
> I get this on guix reconfigure:
>
> building
> /gnu/store/lvkplmcxr785x56022hm8d88x0fbpd0m-switch-to-system.scm.drv...
> making '/gnu/store/v01y64gg1wbvg5jk3xgsci04rgvfy6sv-system' the current
> system...
> setting up setuid programs in '/run/setuid-programs'...
> populating /etc from /gnu/store/5pwh48vkd4yhjc29iq6mxnh7jgd4nnmh-etc...
> Backtrace:
> 1 (primitive-load "/home/ambrevar/.config/guix/current/bin/guix")
> In guix/ui.scm:
> 1945:12 0 (run-guix-command _ . _)
>
> guix/ui.scm:1945:12: In procedure run-guix-command:
> In procedure getpw: entry not found
Not sure what happened here; did a 'ambrevar' user already exist at the
time of reconfiguring? Are you able to reproduce that still?
--
Thanks,
Maxim
- bug#41806: rsync service broken (uid, "files" module),
Maxim Cournoyer <=