Re: [PATCH 1/5] host/rootfs: make passwd and group links into /run

Demi Marie Obenour
2025-12-09T10:53:10Z

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On 12/9/25 03:56, Alyssa Ross wrote:
> This will allow us to give shadow's useradd /run as a prefix, and have
> it be able to add users at runtime.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>
> ---
> host/rootfs/file-list.mk | 6 ++++--
> host/rootfs/image/etc/group | 16 +---------------
> host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd | 2 +-
> .../etc/{ => s6-linux-init/run-image/etc}/group | 0
> .../run-image/etc}/group.license | 0
> .../etc/{ => s6-linux-init/run-image/etc}/passwd | 0
> .../run-image/etc}/passwd.license | 0

Is git somehow generating wrong diffstats?

> 7 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> mode change 100644 => 120000 host/rootfs/image/etc/group
> mode change 100644 => 120000 host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd
> copy host/rootfs/image/etc/{ => s6-linux-init/run-image/etc}/group (100%)
> rename host/rootfs/image/etc/{ => s6-linux-init/run-image/etc}/group.license (100%)
> copy host/rootfs/image/etc/{ => s6-linux-init/run-image/etc}/passwd (100%)
> rename host/rootfs/image/etc/{ => s6-linux-init/run-image/etc}/passwd.license (100%)
>
> diff --git a/host/rootfs/file-list.mk b/host/rootfs/file-list.mk
> index df22bce..6ab78e6 100644
> --- a/host/rootfs/file-list.mk
> +++ b/host/rootfs/file-list.mk
> @@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
> FILES = \
> image/etc/fonts/fonts.conf \
> image/etc/fstab \
> - image/etc/group \
> image/etc/init \
> image/etc/login \
> image/etc/parse-devname \
> - image/etc/passwd \
> image/etc/s6-linux-init/env/WAYLAND_DISPLAY \
> image/etc/s6-linux-init/env/XDG_RUNTIME_DIR \
> + image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/etc/group \
> + image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/etc/passwd \
> image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/service/getty-tty1/run \
> image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/service/getty-tty2/run \
> image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/service/getty-tty3/run \
> @@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ FILES = \
>
> LINKS = \
> image/bin \
> + image/etc/group \
> + image/etc/passwd \
> image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/opengl-driver \
> image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/service/vmm/template/run \
> image/lib \
> diff --git a/host/rootfs/image/etc/group b/host/rootfs/image/etc/group
> deleted file mode 100644
> index e3ade46..0000000
> --- a/host/rootfs/image/etc/group
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
> -root:x:0:root
> -clock:x:1:
> -dialout:x:2:
> -kmem:x:3:
> -input:x:4:
> -tty:x:5:
> -video:x:6:
> -render:x:7:
> -sgx:x:8:
> -audio:x:9:
> -lp:x:10:
> -disk:x:11:
> -cdrom:x:12:
> -tape:x:13:
> -kvm:x:14:

Why is this file deleted and not renamed?

> diff --git a/host/rootfs/image/etc/group b/host/rootfs/image/etc/group
> new file mode 120000
> index 0000000..a9b248e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/host/rootfs/image/etc/group
> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> +/run/etc/group

../run/etc/group?

> \ No newline at end of file
> diff --git a/host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd b/host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 29f3b25..0000000
> --- a/host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1 +0,0 @@
> -root:x:0:0:System administrator:/:/bin/sh
> diff --git a/host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd b/host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd
> new file mode 120000
> index 0000000..889bb76
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd
> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> +/run/etc/passwd

../run/etc/passwd?

> \ No newline at end of file
> diff --git a/host/rootfs/image/etc/group b/host/rootfs/image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/etc/group
> similarity index 100%
> copy from host/rootfs/image/etc/group
> copy to host/rootfs/image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/etc/group
> diff --git a/host/rootfs/image/etc/group.license b/host/rootfs/image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/etc/group.license
> similarity index 100%
> rename from host/rootfs/image/etc/group.license
> rename to host/rootfs/image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/etc/group.license
> diff --git a/host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd b/host/rootfs/image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/etc/passwd
> similarity index 100%
> copy from host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd
> copy to host/rootfs/image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/etc/passwd
> diff --git a/host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd.license b/host/rootfs/image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/etc/passwd.license
> similarity index 100%
> rename from host/rootfs/image/etc/passwd.license
> rename to host/rootfs/image/etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/etc/passwd.license
>
> base-commit: d0efa283216ebc503b4b715c051518ae7dbd8409

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Sincerely,
Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)

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