From: Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>
To: Demi Marie Obenour <demiobenour@gmail.com>
Cc: Spectrum OS Development <devel@spectrum-os.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/20] scripts/make-erofs.sh: Standardize file modes in images
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 19:50:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87348is55k.fsf@alyssa.is> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250904-systemd-v1-7-2a63b790a913@gmail.com>
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Demi Marie Obenour <demiobenour@gmail.com> writes:
> Enforce that anything under /var or /etc is 0755 for directories and
> executable files and 0644 for anything else. Enforce that anything else
> is 0555 for directories and executable files and 0444 for anything else.
> This avoids depending on factors that may depend on the build
> environment, such as the user's umask.
>
> This requires that /var always exist, so add it to img/app/Makefile.
>
> Signed-off-by: Demi Marie Obenour <demiobenour@gmail.com>
> ---
> host/rootfs/Makefile | 3 ++-
> img/app/Makefile | 2 +-
> scripts/make-erofs.sh | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/host/rootfs/Makefile b/host/rootfs/Makefile
> index f677fe580f2e2be58113457e63468d97f49a49f6..dce78e60bc1a8c18f5f448aaa9aeed2c8a7da04e 100644
> --- a/host/rootfs/Makefile
> +++ b/host/rootfs/Makefile
> @@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ DIRS = \
> ext \
> run \
> proc \
> - sys
> + sys \
> + var
>
> FIFOS = etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/service/s6-svscan-log/fifo
>
> diff --git a/img/app/Makefile b/img/app/Makefile
> index 9665a6b7158f2d8b183831202a4559ae06d53d16..c6b9a23ce8796582d6e2f5121c30c2269975aa2d 100644
> --- a/img/app/Makefile
> +++ b/img/app/Makefile
> @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ VM_FILES = \
> etc/wireplumber/wireplumber.conf.d/99_spectrum.conf \
> etc/xdg/xdg-desktop-portal/portals.conf
>
> -VM_DIRS = dev run proc sys tmp \
> +VM_DIRS = dev run proc sys tmp var \
> etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/service \
> etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/user \
> etc/s6-linux-init/run-image/wait
> diff --git a/scripts/make-erofs.sh b/scripts/make-erofs.sh
> index 66abd1f388524c19cd3a1113415892d0d72e3f82..d566a4ac7b30f55338fe9b8b6a94702686f6ddd1 100755
> --- a/scripts/make-erofs.sh
> +++ b/scripts/make-erofs.sh
> @@ -95,4 +95,25 @@ while read -r arg1; do
> cp -RT -- "$arg1" "$root/$arg2"
> done
>
> +# Ensure that the permissions in the image are independent
> +# of those in the git repository or Nix store, except for
> +# the executable bit. In particular, the mode of those
> +# outside the Nix store might depend on the user's umask.
> +# While the image itself is strictly read-only, it makes
> +# sense to populate an overlayfs over /etc and /var, and
> +# this overlayfs should be writable by root and readable
> +# by all users. The remaining paths should not be writable
> +# by anyone, but should be world-readable.
> +find "$root" \
> + -path "$root/nix/store" -prune -o \
> + -path "$root/etc" -prune -o \
> + -path "$root/var" -prune -o \
> + -type l -o \
> + -type d -a -perm 0555 -o \
> + -type f -a -perm 0444 -o \
> + -execdir chmod ugo-w,ugo+rX -- '{}' +
> +find "$root/etc" "$root/var" ! -type l -execdir chmod u+w,go-w,ugo+rX -- '{}' +
> +chmod 0755 "$root"
> +
> +# Make the erofs image.
> mkfs.erofs -x-1 -b4096 --all-root "$@" "$root"
The idea here is reproducibility, right? Can the body mention that?
And can we limit it to just doing r-Xr-Xr-X for now, and then worry
about the overlayfs stuff later if we need to? (This also means we
don't have to add /var until we need it.)
I'd also like to stick to POSIX features for standard utilities where
possible, which it should be here. (I know cp -T isn't POSIX. 🤫)
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Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-04 21:26 [PATCH 00/20] Many image fixes and systemd integration Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-04 21:26 ` [PATCH 01/20] scripts/make-erofs.sh: Ensure that / is world-readable Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-08 8:21 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-04 21:26 ` [PATCH 02/20] scripts/make-erofs.sh: Do not read one byte at a time Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-08 8:23 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-08 16:57 ` Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-09 15:19 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-04 21:26 ` [PATCH 03/20] scripts/make-erofs.sh: Avoid unneeded calls to awk and chmod Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-08 8:28 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-08 17:14 ` Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-10 18:45 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-04 21:26 ` [PATCH 04/20] scripts/make-erofs.sh: Validate all paths Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-08 8:36 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-08 18:21 ` Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-10 18:54 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-21 12:09 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-04 21:26 ` [PATCH 05/20] scripts/make-erofs.sh: Avoid unneeded calls to dirname Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-10 20:04 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-10 20:06 ` Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-19 16:47 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-19 19:04 ` Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-04 21:26 ` [PATCH 06/20] scripts/make-erofs.sh: Avoid unneeded calls to mkdir Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-08 8:39 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-04 21:26 ` [PATCH 07/20] scripts/make-erofs.sh: Standardize file modes in images Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-08 8:46 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-08 17:16 ` Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-19 17:50 ` Alyssa Ross [this message]
2025-09-19 19:18 ` Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-21 12:23 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-04 21:26 ` [PATCH 08/20] Standardize directories and symlinks " Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-08 8:59 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-08 18:05 ` Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-19 17:53 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-04 21:26 ` [PATCH 09/20] Add os-release file Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-08 9:12 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-08 18:07 ` Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-04 21:26 ` [PATCH 10/20] host/rootfs: Set -eu in build Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-08 9:13 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-08 18:08 ` Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-04 21:26 ` [PATCH 11/20] Add /dev/fd and /dev/std* Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-08 9:18 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-08 18:12 ` Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-04 21:26 ` [PATCH 12/20] host/rootfs: Do not read from /dev/tty1 Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-08 9:19 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-08 18:18 ` Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-19 18:22 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-19 19:00 ` Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-21 9:01 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-04 21:26 ` [PATCH 13/20] host/rootfs: pass API socket as fd 3, not fd 0 Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-08 9:44 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-04 21:26 ` [PATCH 14/20] host/rootfs: Disable unneeded BusyBox tools Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-08 9:24 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-04 21:26 ` [PATCH 15/20] host/rootfs: Use real less, not BusyBox less Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-08 9:25 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-08 18:16 ` Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-19 18:45 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-19 19:01 ` Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-21 9:02 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-04 21:26 ` [PATCH 16/20] host/rootfs: explicitly set PATH in network add script Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-04 21:26 ` [PATCH 17/20] Use /etc/s6-rc/compiled for compiled s6-rc directory Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-08 9:27 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-08 18:15 ` Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-04 21:26 ` [PATCH 18/20] host/rootfs: virtiofsd: Do not use FD 0 as the socket Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-08 9:44 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-09-04 21:26 ` [PATCH 19/20] host/rootfs: Disable unneeded busybox stuff Demi Marie Obenour
2025-09-04 21:26 ` [PATCH 20/20] host/rootfs: Switch to systemd Demi Marie Obenour
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