modules/programs/sandbox: add an "embedProfile" option to source sandbox settings from the package instead of the system

modules/programs/default.nix

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ let
       in
         makeSandboxed {
           inherit pkgName package;
-          inherit (sandbox) binMap method extraConfig;
+          inherit (sandbox) binMap embedProfile extraConfig method;
           vpn = if net == "vpn" then vpn else null;
           allowedHomePaths = builtins.attrNames fs ++ builtins.attrNames persist.byPath ++ sandbox.extraHomePaths;
           allowedRootPaths = [
@@ -222,6 +222,17 @@ let
           how/whether to sandbox all binaries in the package.
         '';
       };
+      sandbox.embedProfile = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          whether to embed the sandbox settings (path access, etc) into the wrapped binary that lives in /nix/store (true),
+          or to encode only a profile name in the wrapper, and use it to query the settings at runtime (false).
+
+          embedded profile means you have to rebuild the wrapper any time you adjust the sandboxing flags,
+          but it also means you can run the program without installing it: helpful for iteration.
+        '';
+      };
       sandbox.binMap = mkOption {
         type = types.attrsOf types.str;
         default = {};

modules/programs/make-sandboxed.nix

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , sane-sandboxed
 , writeTextFile
 }:
-{ pkgName, package, method, vpn ? null, allowedHomePaths ? [], allowedRootPaths ? [], binMap ? {}, extraConfig ? [] }:
+{ pkgName, package, method, vpn ? null, allowedHomePaths ? [], allowedRootPaths ? [], binMap ? {}, extraConfig ? [], embedProfile ? false }:
 let
   sane-sandboxed' = sane-sandboxed.meta.mainProgram;  #< load by bin name to reduce rebuilds
 
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ let
     ++ lib.optionals (vpn != null) vpnItems
     ++ extraConfig;
 
+  sandboxProfilesPkg = writeTextFile {
+    name = "${pkgName}-sandbox-profiles";
+    destination = "/share/sane-sandboxed/profiles/${pkgName}.profile";
+    text = builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" sandboxFlags;
+  };
+  sandboxProfileDir = "${sandboxProfilesPkg}/share/sane-sandboxed/profiles";
+
+  maybeEmbedProfilesDir = lib.optionalString embedProfile ''"--sane-sandbox-profile-dir" "${sandboxProfileDir}"'';
+
   # two ways i could wrap a package in a sandbox:
   # 1. package.overrideAttrs, with `postFixup`.
   # 2. pkgs.symlinkJoin, or pkgs.runCommand, creating an entirely new package which calls into the inner binaries.
@@ -43,7 +52,7 @@ let
   #   but even no.2 has to consider such edge-cases, just less frequently.
   # no.1 may bloat rebuild times.
   #
-  # ultimately, no.1 is probably more reliable, but i expect i'll factor out a switch to allow either approach -- particularly when debugging package buld failures.
+  # ultimately, no.1 is probably more reliable, but i expect i'll factor out a switch to allow either approach -- particularly when debugging package build failures.
   package' = if package.override.__functionArgs ? runCommand then
     package.override {
       runCommand = name: env: cmd: runCommand name env (cmd + lib.optionalString (name == package.name) ''
@@ -77,7 +86,7 @@ let
 
         _profiles=("$_profileFromBinMap" "$_name" "${pkgName}" "${unwrapped.pname or ""}" "${unwrapped.name or ""}")
         # filter to just the unique profiles
-        _profileArgs=()
+        _profileArgs=(${maybeEmbedProfilesDir})
         for _profile in "''${_profiles[@]}"; do
           if [ -n "$_profile" ] && ! [[ " ''${_profileArgs[@]} " =~ " $_profile " ]]; then
             _profileArgs+=("--sane-sandbox-profile" "$_profile")
@@ -121,11 +130,7 @@ let
         test "$_numExec" -ne 0 && touch "$out"
       '';
 
-      sandboxProfiles = writeTextFile {
-        name = "${pkgName}-sandbox-profiles";
-        destination = "/share/sane-sandboxed/profiles/${pkgName}.profile";
-        text = builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" sandboxFlags;
-      };
+      sandboxProfiles = sandboxProfilesPkg;
     };
   });
 in

modules/programs/sane-sandboxed

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ isDebug="$SANE_SANDBOX_DEBUG"
 test -n "$isDebug" && set -x
 isDisable="$SANE_SANDBOX_DISABLE"
 
+profileDirs=(@profileDirs@)
+
 cliArgs=()
 cliPathArgs=()
 autodetect=
@@ -31,17 +33,25 @@ loadProfileByPath() {
 }
 
 tryLoadProfileByName() {
-  profilesNamed+=("$1")
+  _profile="$1"
+  if [ "${_profile:0:1}" = "/" ]; then
+    # absolute path to profile.
+    # consider it an error if it doesn't exist.
+    # in general, prefer to use `--sane-sandbox-profile-dir` and specify the profile by name.
+    # doing so maximizes compatibility with anything else that uses the name, like firejail.
+    loadProfileByPath "$_profile"
+  else
+    profilesNamed+=("$_profile")
 
-  _profileDirs=(@profileDirs@)
-  for _profileDir in "${_profileDirs[@]}"; do
-    _profile="$_profileDir/$1.profile"
-    debug "try profile at path: '$_profile'"
-    if [ -f "$_profile" ]; then
-      loadProfileByPath "$_profile"
-      break
-    fi
-  done
+    for _profileDir in "${profileDirs[@]}"; do
+      _profilePath="$_profileDir/$_profile.profile"
+      debug "try profile at path: '$_profilePath'"
+      if [ -f "$_profilePath" ]; then
+        loadProfileByPath "$_profilePath"
+        break
+      fi
+    done
+  fi
 }
 
 # convert e.g. `file:///Local%20Users/foo.mp3` to `file:///Local Users/foo.mp3`
@@ -160,6 +170,11 @@ parseArgs() {
         tryLoadProfileByName "$1"
         shift
         ;;
+      (--sane-sandbox-profile-dir)
+        _dir="$1"
+        shift
+        profileDirs+=("$_dir")
+        ;;
       (*)
         parseArgsExtra+=("$_arg")
         ;;