Hi,
I am trying to get guix to run on a system where I do not have root
access, following a guide by pjotrp involving proot, here:
https://github.com/pjotrp/guix-notes/blob/master/GUIX-NO-ROOT.org .
All guix operations that involve the script perform-download fail with
the error:
guix perform-download: error: refusing to run with elevated
privileges (UID 0)
I am not sure if this hints at a bug in guix itself, but a comment in
the guix sources lets me assume so. It says in package-management.scm:355
“Note that scripts like ‘guix perform-download’ do not run as root (…)”
In my setup, following this guide, however, it apparently is run as
root, and (assert-low-privileges) in the script perform-download.scm:89
acts accordingly by signalling the error and exiting.
(By the way - running guix-daemon with proot root privileges fails (-0),
and running it without (no -0) fails also.)
Now my question: why is perform-download run as root following pjotrs
guide, and is there anything that can be done about it?
I am a bit at a loss here, being unfamiliar with the guix sources and
overall system setup.
Looking forward to help, thanks,
Florian