From ec7d498b72b0e283814c27cbc6c064496f95445d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eelco Dolstra Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 15:56:08 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Give root a valid home directory Some programs barf if the current user has a non-writable home directory, e.g. http://hydra.nixos.org/build/44818144. --- src/libstore/build.cc | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc index f702433a0..31631ed3f 100644 --- a/src/libstore/build.cc +++ b/src/libstore/build.cc @@ -2010,9 +2010,9 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder() Samba-in-QEMU. */ createDirs(chrootRootDir + "/etc"); - writeFile(chrootRootDir + "/etc/passwd", - "root:x:0:0:Nix build user:/:/noshell\n" - "nobody:x:65534:65534:Nobody:/:/noshell\n"); + writeFile(chrootRootDir + "/etc/passwd", fmt( + "root:x:0:0:Nix build user:%s:/noshell\n" + "nobody:x:65534:65534:Nobody:/:/noshell\n", "/tmp")); /* Declare the build user's group so that programs get a consistent view of the system (e.g., "id -gn"). */