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.
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Eelco Dolstra 2016-12-15 15:56:08 +01:00
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@ -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"). */