On 14-05-2015 10:26:23, Harald van Dijk wrote: > On 14/05/2015 10:00, Matthias Beyer wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I want to use pmount for mounting external devices - but after > > installing it, when using it, it tells me > > > > Error: this program needs to be installed suid root > > > > How to do that properly? I installed via > > > > nix-env -iA nixpkgs.pmount > > Packages cannot contain setuid binaries. It would be a big security > problem if they could, as regular users are able to create and build > custom packages. > > NixOS has the config.security.setuidPrograms setting, at the system > level, that lets you specify programs for which setuid wrappers should > be created. You can add pmount to this. You will also need to add pmount > to the system packages, as only system packages are considered, again > for security reasons. > > See <nixos/modules/security/pam_usb.nix> for a module that uses pmount > and sets up a setuid wrapper for it. You can put it in your own > configuration the same way. > > If using Nix without NixOS, then something similar should be easy to do > manually. > > Cheers, > Harald van Dijk
Worked. Thanks! -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Kind regards, Matthias Beyer Proudly sent with mutt. Happily signed with gnupg.
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