diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index a7facf4701..e5cec7ad25 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -25514,6 +25514,7 @@ evaluates to. As an example, @var{file} might contain a definition like this: (environment managed-host-environment-type) (configuration (machine-ssh-configuration (host-name "localhost") + (user "alice") (identity "./id_rsa") (port 2222))))) @end example @@ -25546,6 +25547,15 @@ accepts store items it receives from the coordinator: # guix archive --authorize < coordinator-public-key.txt @end example +@code{user}, in this example, specifies the name of the user account to log in +as to perform the deployment. Its default value is @code{root}, but root +login over SSH may be forbidden in some cases. To work around this, +@command{guix deploy} can log in as an unprivileged user and employ +@code{sudo} to escalate privileges. This will only work if @code{sudo} is +currently installed on the remote and can be invoked non-interactively as +@code{user}. That is: the line in @code{sudoers} granting @code{user} the +ability to use @code{sudo} must contain the @code{NOPASSWD} tag. + @deftp {Data Type} machine This is the data type representing a single machine in a heterogeneous Guix deployment. diff --git a/gnu/machine/ssh.scm b/gnu/machine/ssh.scm index 670990a633..fb15d39e61 100644 --- a/gnu/machine/ssh.scm +++ b/gnu/machine/ssh.scm @@ -101,6 +101,14 @@ one from the configuration's parameters if one was not provided." ;;; Remote evaluation. ;;; +(define (machine-become-command machine) + "Return as a list of strings the program and arguments necessary to run a +shell command with escalated privileges for MACHINE's configuration." + (if (string= "root" (machine-ssh-configuration-user + (machine-configuration machine))) + '() + '("/run/setuid-programs/sudo" "-n" "--"))) + (define (managed-host-remote-eval machine exp) "Internal implementation of 'machine-remote-eval' for MACHINE instances with an environment type of 'managed-host." diff --git a/guix/remote.scm b/guix/remote.scm index bcac64ea7a..d8124e41ab 100644 --- a/guix/remote.scm +++ b/guix/remote.scm @@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ #:use-module (guix utils) #:use-module (ssh popen) #:use-module (srfi srfi-1) + #:use-module (srfi srfi-34) + #:use-module (srfi srfi-35) #:use-module (ice-9 match) #:export (remote-eval)) @@ -41,29 +43,41 @@ ;;; ;;; Code: -(define (remote-pipe-for-gexp lowered session) - "Return a remote pipe for the given SESSION to evaluate LOWERED." +(define* (remote-pipe-for-gexp lowered session #:optional become-command) + "Return a remote pipe for the given SESSION to evaluate LOWERED. If +BECOME-COMMAND is given, use that to invoke the remote Guile REPL." (define shell-quote (compose object->string object->string)) - (apply open-remote-pipe* session OPEN_READ - (string-append (derivation-input-output-path - (lowered-gexp-guile lowered)) - "/bin/guile") - "--no-auto-compile" - (append (append-map (lambda (directory) - `("-L" ,directory)) - (lowered-gexp-load-path lowered)) - (append-map (lambda (directory) - `("-C" ,directory)) - (lowered-gexp-load-path lowered)) - `("-c" - ,(shell-quote (lowered-gexp-sexp lowered)))))) + (define repl-command + (append (or become-command '()) + (list + (string-append (derivation-input-output-path + (lowered-gexp-guile lowered)) + "/bin/guile") + "--no-auto-compile") + (append-map (lambda (directory) + `("-L" ,directory)) + (lowered-gexp-load-path lowered)) + (append-map (lambda (directory) + `("-C" ,directory)) + (lowered-gexp-load-path lowered)) + `("-c" + ,(shell-quote (lowered-gexp-sexp lowered))))) -(define (%remote-eval lowered session) + (let ((pipe (apply open-remote-pipe* session OPEN_READ repl-command))) + (when (eof-object? (peek-char pipe)) + (raise (condition + (&message + (message (format #f (G_ "failed to run '~{~a~^ ~}'") + repl-command)))))) + pipe)) + +(define* (%remote-eval lowered session #:optional become-command) "Evaluate LOWERED, a lowered gexp, in SESSION. This assumes that all the -prerequisites of EXP are already available on the host at SESSION." - (let* ((pipe (remote-pipe-for-gexp lowered session)) +prerequisites of EXP are already available on the host at SESSION. If +BECOME-COMMAND is given, use that to invoke the remote Guile REPL." + (let* ((pipe (remote-pipe-for-gexp lowered session become-command)) (result (read-repl-response pipe))) (close-port pipe) result)) @@ -92,7 +106,8 @@ result to the current output port using the (guix repl) protocol." (build-locally? #t) (system (%current-system)) (module-path %load-path) - (socket-name "/var/guix/daemon-socket/socket")) + (socket-name "/var/guix/daemon-socket/socket") + (become-command #f)) "Evaluate EXP, a gexp, on the host at SESSION, an SSH session. Ensure that all the elements EXP refers to are built and deployed to SESSION beforehand. When BUILD-LOCALLY? is true, said dependencies are built locally and sent to @@ -119,7 +134,7 @@ remote store." (built-derivations inputs) ((store-lift send-files) to-send remote #:recursive? #t) (return (close-connection remote)) - (return (%remote-eval lowered session)))) + (return (%remote-eval lowered session become-command)))) (let ((to-send (append (map (compose derivation-file-name derivation-input-derivation) inputs) @@ -128,4 +143,4 @@ remote store." ((store-lift send-files) to-send remote #:recursive? #t) (return (build-derivations remote inputs)) (return (close-connection remote)) - (return (%remote-eval lowered session))))))) + (return (%remote-eval lowered session become-command))))))) diff --git a/guix/ssh.scm b/guix/ssh.scm index 9b5ca68894..90311127a1 100644 --- a/guix/ssh.scm +++ b/guix/ssh.scm @@ -98,16 +98,27 @@ specifies; otherwise use them. Throw an error on failure." (message (format #f (G_ "SSH connection to '~a' failed: ~a~%") host (get-error session)))))))))) -(define (remote-inferior session) - "Return a remote inferior for the given SESSION." - (let ((pipe (open-remote-pipe* session OPEN_BOTH - "guix" "repl" "-t" "machine"))) +(define* (remote-inferior session #:optional become-command) + "Return a remote inferior for the given SESSION. If BECOME-COMMAND is +given, use that to invoke the remote Guile REPL." + (let* ((repl-command (append (or become-command '()) + '("guix" "repl" "-t" "machine"))) + (pipe (apply open-remote-pipe* session OPEN_BOTH repl-command))) + ;; XXX: 'channel-get-exit-status' would be better here, but hangs if the + ;; process does succeed. This doesn't reflect the documentation, so it's + ;; possible that it's a bug in guile-ssh. + (when (eof-object? (peek-char pipe)) + (raise (condition + (&message + (message (format #f (G_ "failed to run '~{~a~^ ~}'") + repl-command)))))) (port->inferior pipe))) -(define (inferior-remote-eval exp session) +(define* (inferior-remote-eval exp session #:optional become-command) "Evaluate EXP in a new inferior running in SESSION, and close the inferior -right away." - (let ((inferior (remote-inferior session))) +right away. If BECOME-COMMAND is given, use that to invoke the remote Guile +REPL." + (let ((inferior (remote-inferior session become-command))) (dynamic-wind (const #t) (lambda ()