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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-02-04 21:58:15 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-02-04 22:49:35 +0100
commit996ed73948e92eb2005a2a282856753d707f452c (patch)
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downloadguix-996ed73948e92eb2005a2a282856753d707f452c.tar.gz
system: Add bindings to configure libc's NSS.
* gnu/system/nss.scm: New file.
* gnu-system.am (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it.
* gnu.scm (%public-modules): Add it.
* gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[name-service-switch]: New field.
  (etc-directory): Add #:nss parameter and honor it.
  (operating-system-etc-directory): Adjust call accordingly.
* doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Document
  'name-service-switch'.
  (Name Service Switch): New section.
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+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2015 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu system nss)
+  #:use-module (rnrs enums)
+  #:use-module (guix records)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-9)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 match)
+  #:export (name-service-switch?
+            name-service-switch
+            name-service?
+            name-service
+
+            lookup-specification
+
+            %default-nss
+            %files
+            %compat
+            %dns
+
+            name-service-switch->string))
+
+;;; Commentary:
+;;;
+;;; Bindings for libc's name service switch (NSS) configuration.
+;;;
+;;; Code:
+
+(define-record-type* <name-service> name-service
+  make-name-service
+  name-service?
+  (name     name-service-name)
+  (reaction name-service-reaction
+            (default (lookup-specification))))
+
+;; Lookup specification (info "(libc) Actions in the NSS Configuration").
+
+(define-enumeration lookup-action
+  (return continue)
+  make-lookup-action)
+
+(define-enumeration lookup-status
+  (success
+   not-found
+   unavailable
+   try-again)
+  make-lookup-status)
+
+(define-record-type <lookup-status-negation>
+  (lookup-status-negation status)
+  lookup-status-negation?
+  (status lookup-status-negation-status))
+
+(define-record-type <lookup-reaction>
+  (make-lookup-reaction status action)
+  lookup-reaction?
+  (status  lookup-reaction-status)
+  (action  lookup-reaction-action))
+
+(define-syntax lookup-reaction
+  (syntax-rules (not =>)
+    ((_ ((not status) => action))
+     (make-lookup-reaction (lookup-status-negation (lookup-status status))
+                           (lookup-action action)))
+    ((_ (status => action))
+     (make-lookup-reaction (lookup-status status)
+                           (lookup-action action)))))
+
+(define-syntax-rule (lookup-specification reaction ...)
+  "Return an NSS lookup specification."
+  (list (lookup-reaction reaction) ...))
+
+
+;;;
+;;; Common name services and default NSS configuration.
+;;;
+
+(define %compat
+  (name-service
+    (name "compat")
+    (reaction (lookup-specification (not-found => return)))))
+
+(define %files
+  (name-service (name "files")))
+
+(define %dns
+  ;; DNS is supposed to be authoritative, so unless it's unavailable, return
+  ;; what it finds.
+  (name-service
+    (name "dns")
+    (reaction (lookup-specification ((not unavailable) => return)))))
+
+;; The NSS.  We list all the databases here because that allows us to
+;; statically ensure that the user's configuration refers to existing
+;; databases.  See libc/nss/databases.def for the list of databases.  Default
+;; values obtained by looking for "DEFAULT_CONFIG" in libc/nss/*.c.
+;;
+;; Although libc places 'dns' before 'files' in the default configurations of
+;; the 'hosts' and 'networks' databases, we choose to put 'files' before 'dns'
+;; by default, so that users can override host/address mappings in /etc/hosts
+;; and bypass DNS to improve their privacy and escape NSA's MORECOWBELL.
+(define-record-type* <name-service-switch> name-service-switch
+  make-name-service-switch
+  name-service-switch?
+  (aliases    name-service-switch-aliases
+              (default '()))
+  (ethers     name-service-switch-ethers
+              (default '()))
+  (group      name-service-switch-group
+              (default (list %compat %files)))
+  (gshadow    name-service-switch-gshadow
+              (default '()))
+  (hosts      name-service-switch-hosts
+              (default (list %files %dns)))
+  (initgroups name-service-switch-initgroups
+              (default '()))
+  (netgroup   name-service-switch-netgroup
+              (default '()))
+  (networks   name-service-switch-networks
+              (default (list %files %dns)))
+  (password   name-service-switch-password
+              (default (list %compat %files)))
+  (public-key name-service-switch-public-key
+              (default '()))
+  (rpc        name-service-switch-rpc
+              (default '()))
+  (services   name-service-switch-services
+              (default '()))
+  (shadow     name-service-switch-shadow
+              (default (list %compat %files))))
+
+(define %default-nss
+  ;; Default NSS configuration.
+  (name-service-switch))
+
+
+;;;
+;;; Serialization.
+;;;
+
+(define (lookup-status->string status)
+  (match status
+    ('success     "SUCCESS")
+    ('not-found   "NOTFOUND")
+    ('unavailable "UNAVAIL")
+    ('try-again   "TRYAGAIN")
+    (($ <lookup-status-negation> status)
+     (string-append "!" (lookup-status->string status)))))
+
+(define lookup-reaction->string
+  (match-lambda
+   (($ <lookup-reaction> status action)
+    (string-append (lookup-status->string status) "="
+                   (symbol->string action)))))
+
+(define name-service->string
+  (match-lambda
+   (($ <name-service> name ())
+    name)
+   (($ <name-service> name reactions)
+    (string-append name " ["
+                   (string-join (map lookup-reaction->string reactions))
+                   "]"))))
+
+(define (name-service-switch->string nss)
+  "Return the 'nsswitch.conf' contents for NSS as a string.  See \"NSS
+Configuration File\" in the libc manual."
+  (let-syntax ((->string
+                (syntax-rules ()
+                  ((_ name field)
+                   (match (field nss)
+                     (()                          ;keep the default config
+                      "")
+                     ((services (... ...))
+                      (string-append name ":\t"
+                                     (string-join
+                                      (map name-service->string services))
+                                     "\n")))))))
+    (string-append (->string "aliases"    name-service-switch-aliases)
+                   (->string "ethers"     name-service-switch-ethers)
+                   (->string "group"      name-service-switch-group)
+                   (->string "gshadow"    name-service-switch-gshadow)
+                   (->string "hosts"      name-service-switch-hosts)
+                   (->string "initgroups" name-service-switch-initgroups)
+                   (->string "netgroup"   name-service-switch-netgroup)
+                   (->string "networks"   name-service-switch-networks)
+                   (->string "passwd"     name-service-switch-password)
+                   (->string "publickey"  name-service-switch-public-key)
+                   (->string "rpc"        name-service-switch-rpc)
+                   (->string "services"   name-service-switch-services)
+                   (->string "shadow"     name-service-switch-shadow))))
+
+;;; Local Variables:
+;;; eval: (put 'name-service 'scheme-indent-function 0)
+;;; eval: (put 'name-service-switch 'scheme-indent-function 0)
+;;; End:
+
+;;; nss.scm ends here