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Change-Id: I28eae7f7b4305225b13281b99458cbedda3c3b94 --- etc/news.scm | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/news.scm b/etc/news.scm index 4b3da44540..840f5cea53 100644 --- a/etc/news.scm +++ b/etc/news.scm @@ -37,6 +37,30 @@ (channel-news (version 0) + (entry (commit "XXX") + (title + (en "Guix System can run @command{guix-daemon} without root +privileges")) + (body + (en "On Guix System, @code{guix-service-type} can now be configured +to run the build daemon, @command{guix-daemon}, without root privileges. In +that configuration, the daemon runs with the authority of the +@code{guix-daemon} user, which we think can reduce the impact of some classes +of vulnerabilities that could affect it. + +For now, this is opt-in: you have to change @code{guix-configuration} to set +the @code{privileged?} field to @code{#f}. When you do this, all the files in +@file{/gnu/store}, @file{/var/guix}, etc. will have their ownership changed to +the @code{guix-daemon} user (instead of @code{root}); this can take a while, +especially if the store is big. To learn more about it, run: + +@example +info guix --index-search=guix-service-type +@end example + +Eventually running @command{guix-daemon} without root privileges may become +the default."))) + (entry (commit "0e51c6547ffdaf91777f7383da4a52a1a07b7286") (title (en "Incompatible upgrade of the Syncthing service"))