lix/src/libutil/immutable.hh

#pragma once

#include <types.hh>

namespace nix {

/* Make the given path immutable, i.e., prevent it from being modified
   in any way, even by root.  This is a no-op on platforms that do not
   support this, or if the calling user is not privileged.  On Linux,
   this is implemented by doing the equivalent of ‘chattr +i path’. */
void makeImmutable(const Path & path);

/* Make the given path mutable. */
void makeMutable(const Path & path);

}
-												Use "#pragma once" to prevent repeated header file inclusion

											
										
										
											2012-07-18 18:59:03 +00:00
+								#pragma once
-												On Linux, make the Nix store really read-only by using the immutable bit

I was bitten one time too many by Python modifying the Nix store by
creating *.pyc files when run as root.  On Linux, we can prevent this
by setting the immutable bit on files and directories (as in ‘chattr
+i’).  This isn't supported by all filesystems, so it's not an error
if setting the bit fails.  The immutable bit is cleared by the garbage
collector before deleting a path.  The only tricky aspect is in
optimiseStore(), since it's forbidden to create hard links to an
immutable file.  Thus optimiseStore() temporarily clears the immutable
bit before creating the link.

											
										
										
											2012-02-15 00:31:56 +00:00
 								#include <types.hh>
 								namespace nix {
 								/* Make the given path immutable, i.e., prevent it from being modified
 								   in any way, even by root.  This is a no-op on platforms that do not
 								   support this, or if the calling user is not privileged.  On Linux,
 								   this is implemented by doing the equivalent of ‘chattr +i path’. */
 								void makeImmutable(const Path & path);
 								/* Make the given path mutable. */
 								void makeMutable(const Path & path);
 								}