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‘guix environment -C’ containers lack /etc/hosts

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes <at> inria.fr>
To: <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Subject: ‘guix environment -C’
 containers lack /etc/hosts
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2020 15:53:49 +0200

Hi!

Look:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guix environment -C --ad-hoc coreutils -- cat /etc/hosts
cat: /etc/hosts: No such file or directory
$ guix describe
Generacio 162   Oct 01 2020 00:23:38    (nuna)
  guix 7607ace
    repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
    branch: master
    commit: 7607ace5091aea0157ba5c8a508129cc5fc4f931
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I think we should add /etc/hosts with an entry for “localhost”, just
like libstore/build.cc does.

Ludo’.

Message #8 received at 43762 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bengt Richter <bokr <at> bokr.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes <at> inria.fr>
Cc: 43762 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43762: ‘guix environment -C’ containers lack /etc/hosts
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 16:38:13 +0200

Hi Ludo,

On +2020-10-02 15:53:49 +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Look:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> $ guix environment -C --ad-hoc coreutils -- cat /etc/hosts
> cat: /etc/hosts: No such file or directory
> $ guix describe
> Generacio 162   Oct 01 2020 00:23:38    (nuna)
>   guix 7607ace
>     repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
>     branch: master
>     commit: 7607ace5091aea0157ba5c8a508129cc5fc4f931
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> I think we should add /etc/hosts with an entry for “localhost”, just
> like libstore/build.cc does.
> 
> Ludo’.
> 

How sensitive is this data? E.g., compared to  /etc/hostname and /etc/machine-id ?

man machine-id says in part
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
    This ID uniquely identifies the host. It should be considered "confidential", and must not be exposed in untrusted environments, in particular on
    the network. If a stable unique identifier that is tied to the machine is needed for some application, the machine ID or any part of it must not be
    used directly. Instead the machine ID should be hashed with a cryptographic, keyed hash function, using a fixed, application-specific key. That way
    the ID will be properly unique, and derived in a constant way from the machine ID but there will be no way to retrieve the original machine ID from
    the application-specific one. The sd_id128_get_machine_app_specific(3) API provides an implementation of such an algorithm.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

And how do you pick an appropriate hostname (which often appears in /etc/hosts)
for an image that could be booted in the clouds, or like a live USB, on any compatible laptop?

-- 
Regards,
Bengt Richter

Message #13 received at 43762-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: 43762-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43762: ‘guix environment -C’ containers lack /etc/hosts
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2020 23:29:57 +0200

Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes <at> inria.fr> skribis:

> $ guix environment -C --ad-hoc coreutils -- cat /etc/hosts
> cat: /etc/hosts: No such file or directory

Fixed in 0f53c801b91919380a924b402d1ff822bb1dc6ea!

Ludo'.

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