nixpkgs/nixos/modules/misc/locate.nix
Anders Kaseorg db28ce3535 locate: Clarify mlocate warning message
Make it clear that the warning is that updatedb will run as root, not
that locate will only run as root.  Also explain how to silence the
warning.

Fixes #30864.

Signed-off-by: Anders Kaseorg <andersk@mit.edu>
2020-03-25 13:32:26 -07:00

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{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
with lib;
let
cfg = config.services.locate;
isMLocate = hasPrefix "mlocate" cfg.locate.name;
isFindutils = hasPrefix "findutils" cfg.locate.name;
in {
imports = [
(mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "locate" "period" ] [ "services" "locate" "interval" ])
(mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "locate" "includeStore" ] "Use services.locate.prunePaths" )
];
options.services.locate = with types; {
enable = mkOption {
type = bool;
default = false;
description = ''
If enabled, NixOS will periodically update the database of
files used by the <command>locate</command> command.
'';
};
locate = mkOption {
type = package;
default = pkgs.findutils;
defaultText = "pkgs.findutils";
example = "pkgs.mlocate";
description = ''
The locate implementation to use
'';
};
interval = mkOption {
type = str;
default = "02:15";
example = "hourly";
description = ''
Update the locate database at this interval. Updates by
default at 2:15 AM every day.
The format is described in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
'';
};
extraFlags = mkOption {
type = listOf str;
default = [ ];
description = ''
Extra flags to pass to <command>updatedb</command>.
'';
};
output = mkOption {
type = path;
default = "/var/cache/locatedb";
description = ''
The database file to build.
'';
};
localuser = mkOption {
type = nullOr str;
default = "nobody";
description = ''
The user to search non-network directories as, using
<command>su</command>.
'';
};
pruneFS = mkOption {
type = listOf str;
default = ["afs" "anon_inodefs" "auto" "autofs" "bdev" "binfmt" "binfmt_misc" "cgroup" "cifs" "coda" "configfs" "cramfs" "cpuset" "debugfs" "devfs" "devpts" "devtmpfs" "ecryptfs" "eventpollfs" "exofs" "futexfs" "ftpfs" "fuse" "fusectl" "gfs" "gfs2" "hostfs" "hugetlbfs" "inotifyfs" "iso9660" "jffs2" "lustre" "misc" "mqueue" "ncpfs" "nnpfs" "ocfs" "ocfs2" "pipefs" "proc" "ramfs" "rpc_pipefs" "securityfs" "selinuxfs" "sfs" "shfs" "smbfs" "sockfs" "spufs" "nfs" "NFS" "nfs4" "nfsd" "sshfs" "subfs" "supermount" "sysfs" "tmpfs" "ubifs" "udf" "usbfs" "vboxsf" "vperfctrfs" ];
description = ''
Which filesystem types to exclude from indexing
'';
};
prunePaths = mkOption {
type = listOf path;
default = ["/tmp" "/var/tmp" "/var/cache" "/var/lock" "/var/run" "/var/spool" "/nix/store"];
description = ''
Which paths to exclude from indexing
'';
};
pruneNames = mkOption {
type = listOf str;
default = [];
description = ''
Directory components which should exclude paths containing them from indexing
'';
};
pruneBindMounts = mkOption {
type = bool;
default = false;
description = ''
Whether not to index bind mounts
'';
};
};
config = mkIf cfg.enable {
users.groups = mkIf isMLocate { mlocate = {}; };
security.wrappers = mkIf isMLocate {
locate = {
group = "mlocate";
owner = "root";
permissions = "u+rx,g+x,o+x";
setgid = true;
setuid = false;
source = "${cfg.locate}/bin/locate";
};
};
nixpkgs.config = { locate.dbfile = cfg.output; };
environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.locate ];
environment.variables = mkIf (!isMLocate)
{ LOCATE_PATH = cfg.output;
};
warnings = optional (isMLocate && cfg.localuser != null) "mlocate does not support the services.locate.localuser option; updatedb will run as root. (Silence with services.locate.localuser = null.)"
++ optional (isFindutils && cfg.pruneNames != []) "findutils locate does not support pruning by directory component"
++ optional (isFindutils && cfg.pruneBindMounts) "findutils locate does not support skipping bind mounts";
# directory creation needs to be separated from main service
# because ReadWritePaths fails when the directory doesn't already exist
systemd.tmpfiles.rules =
let dir = dirOf cfg.output; in
mkIf (dir != "/var/cache")
[ "d ${dir} 0755 root root -" ];
systemd.services.update-locatedb =
{ description = "Update Locate Database";
path = mkIf (!isMLocate) [ pkgs.su ];
# mlocate's updatedb takes flags via a configuration file or
# on the command line, but not by environment variable.
script =
if isMLocate
then let toFlags = x: optional (cfg.${x} != [])
"--${lib.toLower x} '${concatStringsSep " " cfg.${x}}'";
args = concatLists (map toFlags ["pruneFS" "pruneNames" "prunePaths"]);
in ''
exec ${cfg.locate}/bin/updatedb \
--output ${toString cfg.output} ${concatStringsSep " " args} \
--prune-bind-mounts ${if cfg.pruneBindMounts then "yes" else "no"} \
${concatStringsSep " " cfg.extraFlags}
''
else ''
exec ${cfg.locate}/bin/updatedb \
${optionalString (cfg.localuser != null && ! isMLocate) ''--localuser=${cfg.localuser}''} \
--output=${toString cfg.output} ${concatStringsSep " " cfg.extraFlags}
'';
environment = optionalAttrs (!isMLocate) {
PRUNEFS = concatStringsSep " " cfg.pruneFS;
PRUNEPATHS = concatStringsSep " " cfg.prunePaths;
PRUNENAMES = concatStringsSep " " cfg.pruneNames;
PRUNE_BIND_MOUNTS = if cfg.pruneBindMounts then "yes" else "no";
};
serviceConfig.Nice = 19;
serviceConfig.IOSchedulingClass = "idle";
serviceConfig.PrivateTmp = "yes";
serviceConfig.PrivateNetwork = "yes";
serviceConfig.NoNewPrivileges = "yes";
serviceConfig.ReadOnlyPaths = "/";
# Use dirOf cfg.output because mlocate creates temporary files next to
# the actual database. We could specify and create them as well,
# but that would make this quite brittle when they change something.
# NOTE: If /var/cache does not exist, this leads to the misleading error message:
# update-locatedb.service: Failed at step NAMESPACE spawning …/update-locatedb-start: No such file or directory
serviceConfig.ReadWritePaths = dirOf cfg.output;
};
systemd.timers.update-locatedb =
{ description = "Update timer for locate database";
partOf = [ "update-locatedb.service" ];
wantedBy = [ "timers.target" ];
timerConfig.OnCalendar = cfg.interval;
};
};
}