There are two use case for this flag:
1. NixOS developer usually use a nixpkgs checkout for development.
Copying nixpkgs everytime when rebuilding NixOS is way to slow, even
with NVME disks.
2. Folks migrating from impure configuration in a sufficient complex
infrastructure need this flag to gradually migrate to NixOS flakes.
Previously the .enable option was used to encode the condition as well,
which lead to some oddness:
- In order to encode an assertion, one had to invert it
- To disable a check, one had to mkForce it
By introducing a separate .check option this is solved because:
- It can be used to encode assertions
- Disabling is done separately with .enable option, whose default can be
overridden without a mkForce
Since slurm-20.11.0.1 the dbd server requires slurmdbd.conf to be
in mode 600 to protect the database password. This change creates
slurmdbd.conf on-the-fly at service startup and thus avoids that
the database password ends up in the nix store.
It's very surprising that services.tor.client.enable would set
services.privoxy.enable. This violates the principle of least
astonishment, because it's Privoxy that can integrate with Tor, rather
than the other way around.
So this patch moves the Privoxy Tor integration to the Privoxy module,
and it also disables it by default. This change is documented in the
release notes.
Reported-by: V <v@anomalous.eu>
configuration.nix(1) states
users.extraUsers.<name>.createHome
[...] If [...] the home directory already exists but is not
owned by the user, directory owner and group will be changed to
match the user.
i.e. ownership would change only if the user mismatched; the code
however ignores the owner, it is sufficient to enable `createHome`:
if ($u->{createHome}) {
make_path($u->{home}, { mode => 0700 }) if ! -e $u->{home};
chown $u->{uid}, $u->{gid}, $u->{home};
}
Furthermore, permissions are ignored on already existing directories and
therefore may allow others to read private data eventually.
Given that createHome already acts as switch to not only create but
effectively own the home directory, manage permissions in the same
manner to ensure the intended default and cover all primary attributes.
Avoid yet another configuration option to have administrators make a
clear and simple choice between securely managing home directories
and optionally defering management to own code (taking care of custom
location, ownership, mode, extended attributes, etc.).
While here, simplify and thereby fix misleading documentation.
Mailman can now work with MTAs other than Postfix. You'll have to configure
it yourself using the options in `services.mailman.settings.mta`.
This addition is reflected in the release notes for 21.03.
A big jump, but the structure hasn't changed much.
This recipe is still based on a binary release provided by upstream.
(It might be interesting to start doing our own builds at some point,
to split client from server, and/or to create packages for removed
"contribs" such as 'zooInspector'. Upstream intends to further slim
down its release tarballs as most deployments only need specific assets.)
We're really setting users up on the wrong path if we tell them to
nix-env -iA immediately after installing. Instead, let's just
reassure them that installing software will be covered in due course
in the manual, to encourage them to keep reading.
See https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/fedora-31-control-group-v2 for
details on why this is desirable, and how it impacts containers.
Users that need to keep using the old cgroup hierarchy can re-enable it
by setting `systemd.unifiedCgroupHierarchy` to `false`.
Well-known candidates not supporting that hierarchy, like docker and
hidepid=… will disable it automatically.
Fixes#73800
