Fix tests using user namespaces on kernels that don't have it

Disable various tests if the kernel doesn't support unprivileged user
namespaces (e.g. Arch Linux disables them) or disable them via a sysctl
(Debian, Ubuntu).

Fixes #1521
Fixes #1625

tests/build-remote.sh

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ source common.sh
 
 clearStore
 
-if [[ $(uname) != Linux ]]; then exit; fi
+if ! canUseSandbox; then exit; fi
 if [[ ! $SHELL =~ /nix/store ]]; then exit; fi
 
 chmod -R u+w $TEST_ROOT/store0 || true

tests/common.sh.in

@@ -87,6 +87,24 @@ killDaemon() {
     trap "" EXIT
 }
 
+canUseSandbox() {
+    if [[ $(uname) != Linux ]]; then return 1; fi
+
+    if [ ! -L /proc/self/ns/user ]; then
+        echo "Kernel doesn't support user namespaces, skipping this test..."
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    if [ -e /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_userns_clone ]; then
+        if [ "$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_userns_clone)" != 1 ]; then
+            echo "Unprivileged user namespaces disabled by sysctl, skipping this test..."
+            return 1
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    return 0
+}
+
 fail() {
     echo "$1"
     exit 1

tests/linux-sandbox.sh

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ source common.sh
 
 clearStore
 
-if [[ $(uname) != Linux ]]; then exit; fi
+if ! canUseSandbox; then exit; fi
 
 # Note: we need to bind-mount $SHELL into the chroot. Currently we
 # only support the case where $SHELL is in the Nix store, because

tests/run.sh

@@ -6,24 +6,23 @@ clearCache
 nix run -f run.nix hello -c hello | grep 'Hello World'
 nix run -f run.nix hello -c hello NixOS | grep 'Hello NixOS'
 
-if [[ $(uname) = Linux ]]; then
+if ! canUseSandbox; then exit; fi
 
-    chmod -R u+w $TEST_ROOT/store0 || true
-    rm -rf $TEST_ROOT/store0
+chmod -R u+w $TEST_ROOT/store0 || true
+rm -rf $TEST_ROOT/store0
 
-    clearStore
+clearStore
 
-    path=$(nix eval --raw -f run.nix hello)
+path=$(nix eval --raw -f run.nix hello)
 
-    # Note: we need the sandbox paths to ensure that the shell is
-    # visible in the sandbox.
-    nix run --sandbox-build-dir /build-tmp \
-        --sandbox-paths '/nix? /bin? /lib? /lib64? /usr?' \
-        --store $TEST_ROOT/store0 -f run.nix hello -c hello | grep 'Hello World'
+# Note: we need the sandbox paths to ensure that the shell is
+# visible in the sandbox.
+nix run --sandbox-build-dir /build-tmp \
+    --sandbox-paths '/nix? /bin? /lib? /lib64? /usr?' \
+    --store $TEST_ROOT/store0 -f run.nix hello -c hello | grep 'Hello World'
 
-    path2=$(nix run --sandbox-paths '/nix? /bin? /lib? /lib64? /usr?' --store $TEST_ROOT/store0 -f run.nix hello -c $SHELL -c 'type -p hello')
+path2=$(nix run --sandbox-paths '/nix? /bin? /lib? /lib64? /usr?' --store $TEST_ROOT/store0 -f run.nix hello -c $SHELL -c 'type -p hello')
 
-    [[ $path/bin/hello = $path2 ]]
+[[ $path/bin/hello = $path2 ]]
 
-    [[ -e $TEST_ROOT/store0/nix/store/$(basename $path)/bin/hello ]]
-fi
+[[ -e $TEST_ROOT/store0/nix/store/$(basename $path)/bin/hello ]]