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authorDavid Thompson <davet@gnu.org>2015-06-08 09:04:38 -0400
committerDavid Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>2015-10-25 20:27:19 -0400
commite086dcfcf9b18cb7b4619d9ee5aaa2f1ab1aef1e (patch)
tree26fe15df7e3922ec83befee6f4afb7419ffbfc1e /gnu/system/linux-container.scm
parentf535dcbe198e7f88f3b0cd8aa4d7585191b31080 (diff)
downloadguix-e086dcfcf9b18cb7b4619d9ee5aaa2f1ab1aef1e.tar.gz
scripts: system: Add 'container' action.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (show-help): Display 'container' action.
  (system-derivation-for-action, guix-system): Add 'container' case.
  (perform-action): Skip GRUB config generation when building a container.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document it.
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diff --git a/gnu/system/linux-container.scm b/gnu/system/linux-container.scm
index fdf7460872..08513e8870 100644
--- a/gnu/system/linux-container.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/linux-container.scm
@@ -106,7 +106,12 @@ that will be shared with the host system."
                 (setenv "TMPDIR" "/tmp")
                 (setenv "GUIX_NEW_SYSTEM" #$os-drv)
                 (for-each mkdir-p '("/run" "/bin" "/etc" "/home" "/var"))
-                (primitive-load (string-append #$os-drv "/boot"))))))
+                (primitive-load (string-append #$os-drv "/boot")))
+              ;; A range of 65536 uid/gids is used to cover 16 bits worth of
+              ;; users and groups, which is sufficient for most cases.
+              ;;
+              ;; See: http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-nspawn.html#--private-users=
+              #:host-uids 65536)))
 
       (gexp->script "run-container" script
                     #:modules '((ice-9 match)