nix-files/hosts/common/polyunfill.nix

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# strictly *decrease* the scope of the default nixos installation/config
{ lib, pkgs, ... }:
let
suidlessPam = pkgs.pam.overrideAttrs (upstream: {
# nixpkgs' pam hardcodes unix_chkpwd path to the /run/wrappers one,
# but i don't want the wrapper, so undo that.
# ideally i would patch this via an overlay, but pam is in the bootstrap so that forces a full rebuild.
# TODO: add a `package` option to the nixos' pam module and substitute it that way.
postPatch = (if upstream.postPatch != null then upstream.postPatch else "") + ''
substituteInPlace modules/pam_unix/Makefile.am --replace-fail \
"/run/wrappers/bin/unix_chkpwd" "$out/bin/unix_chkpwd"
'';
});
in
{
# remove a few items from /run/wrappers we don't need.
options.security.wrappers = lib.mkOption {
apply = lib.filterAttrs (name: _: !(builtins.elem name [
# from <repo:nixos/nixpkgs:nixos/modules/security/polkit.nix>
"pkexec"
"polkit-agent-helper-1" #< used by systemd; without this you'll have to `sudo systemctl daemon-reload` instead of unauth'd `systemctl daemon-reload`
# from <repo:nixos/nixpkgs:nixos/modules/services/system/dbus.nix>
"dbus-daemon-launch-helper"
# from <repo:nixos/nixpkgs:nixos/modules/security/wrappers/default.nix>
"fusermount" #< only needed if you want to mount entries declared in /etc/fstab or mtab as unprivileged user
"fusermount3"
"mount" #< only needed if you want to mount entries declared in /etc/fstab or mtab as unprivileged user
"umount"
# from <repo:nixos/nixpkgs:nixos/modules/programs/shadow.nix>
"newgidmap"
"newgrp"
"newuidmap"
"sg"
"su"
# from: <repo:nixos/nixpkgs:nixos/modules/security/pam.nix>
# requires associated `pam` patch to not hardcode unix_chkpwd path
"unix_chkpwd"
]));
};
options.security.pam.services = lib.mkOption {
apply = services: let
filtered = lib.filterAttrs (name: _: !(builtins.elem name [
# from <repo:nixos/nixpkgs:nixos/modules/security/pam.nix>
"i3lock"
"i3lock-color"
"vlock"
"xlock"
"xscreensaver"
"runuser"
"runuser-l"
# from ??
"chfn"
"chpasswd"
"chsh"
"groupadd"
"groupdel"
"groupmems"
"groupmod"
"useradd"
"userdel"
"usermod"
# from <repo:nixos/nixpkgs:nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd/user.nix>
"systemd-user" #< N.B.: this causes the `systemd --user` service manager to not be started!
])) services;
in lib.mapAttrs (_serviceName: service: service // {
# replace references with the old pam_unix, which calls into /run/wrappers/bin/unix_chkpwd,
# with a pam_unix that calls into unix_chkpwd via the nix store.
# TODO: use `security.pam.package` instead once <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/314791> lands.
text = lib.replaceStrings [" pam_unix.so" ] [ " ${suidlessPam}/lib/security/pam_unix.so" ] service.text;
}) filtered;
};
options.environment.systemPackages = lib.mkOption {
# see: <repo:nixos/nixpkgs:nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix>
# it's 31 "requiredPackages", with no explanation of why they're "required"...
# most of these can be safely removed without breaking the *boot*,
# but some core system services DO implicitly depend on them.
# TODO: see which more of these i can remove (or shadow/sandbox)
apply = let
requiredPackages = builtins.map (pkg: lib.setPrio ((pkg.meta.priority or 5) + 3) pkg) [
# pkgs.acl
# pkgs.attr
# pkgs.bashInteractive
# pkgs.bzip2
# pkgs.coreutils-full
# pkgs.cpio
# pkgs.curl
# pkgs.diffutils
# pkgs.findutils
# pkgs.gawk
# pkgs.stdenv.cc.libc
# pkgs.getent
# pkgs.getconf
# pkgs.gnugrep
# pkgs.gnupatch
# pkgs.gnused
# pkgs.gnutar
# pkgs.gzip
# pkgs.xz
pkgs.less
# pkgs.libcap #< implicitly required by NetworkManager/wpa_supplicant!
# pkgs.ncurses
pkgs.netcat
# config.programs.ssh.package
# pkgs.mkpasswd
pkgs.procps
# pkgs.su
# pkgs.time
# pkgs.util-linux
# pkgs.which
# pkgs.zstd
];
in lib.filter (p: ! builtins.elem p requiredPackages);
};
options.system.fsPackages = lib.mkOption {
# <repo:nixos/nixpkgs:nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/vfat.nix> adds `mtools` and `dosfstools`
# dosfstools actually makes its way into the initrd (`fsck.vfat`).
# mtools is like "MS-DOS for Linux", ancient functionality i'll never use.
apply = lib.filter (p: p != pkgs.mtools);
};
config = {
# disable non-required packages like nano, perl, rsync, strace
environment.defaultPackages = [];
# remove all the non-existent default directories from XDG_DATA_DIRS, XDG_CONFIG_DIRS to simplify debugging.
# this is defaulted in <repo:nixos/nixpkgs:nixos/modules/programs/environment.nix>,
# without being gated by any higher config.
environment.profiles = lib.mkForce [
"/etc/profiles/per-user/$USER"
"/run/current-system/sw"
];
# NIXPKGS_CONFIG defaults to "/etc/nix/nixpkgs-config.nix" in <nixos/modules/programs/environment.nix>.
# that's never existed on my system and everything does fine without it set empty (no nixpkgs API to forcibly *unset* it).
environment.variables.NIXPKGS_CONFIG = lib.mkForce "";
# XDG_CONFIG_DIRS defaults to "/etc/xdg", which doesn't exist.
# in practice, pam appends the values i want to XDG_CONFIG_DIRS, though this approach causes an extra leading `:`
environment.sessionVariables.XDG_CONFIG_DIRS = lib.mkForce [];
# XCURSOR_PATH: defaults to `[ "$HOME/.icons" "$HOME/.local/share/icons" ]`, neither of which i use, just adding noise.
# see: <repo:nixos/nixpkgs:nixos/modules/config/xdg/icons.nix>
environment.sessionVariables.XCURSOR_PATH = lib.mkForce [];
# disable nixos' portal module, otherwise /share/applications gets linked into the system and complicates things (sandboxing).
# instead, i manage portals myself via the sane.programs API (e.g. sane.programs.xdg-desktop-portal).
xdg.portal.enable = false;
xdg.menus.enable = false; #< links /share/applications, and a bunch of other empty (i.e. unused) dirs
# xdg.autostart.enable defaults to true, and links /etc/xdg/autostart into the environment, populated with .desktop files.
# see: <repo:nixos/nixpkgs:nixos/modules/config/xdg/autostart.nix>
# .desktop files are a questionable way to autostart things: i generally prefer a service manager for that.
xdg.autostart.enable = false;
# nix.channel.enable: populates `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels`, `/root/.nix-channels`, `$HOME/.nix-defexpr/channels`
# <repo:nixos/nixpkgs:nixos/modules/config/nix-channel.nix>
# TODO: may want to recreate NIX_PATH, nix.settings.nix-path
nix.channel.enable = false;
# environment.stub-ld: populate /lib/ld-linux.so with an object that unconditionally errors on launch,
# so as to inform when trying to run a non-nixos binary?
# IMO that's confusing: i thought /lib/ld-linux.so was some file actually required by nix.
environment.stub-ld.enable = false;
# `less.enable` sets LESSKEYIN_SYSTEM, LESSOPEN, LESSCLOSE env vars, which does confusing "lesspipe" things, so disable that.
# it's enabled by default from `<nixos/modules/programs/environment.nix>`, who also sets `PAGER="less"` and `EDITOR="nano"` (keep).
programs.less.enable = lib.mkForce false;
environment.variables.PAGER = lib.mkOverride 900 ""; # mkDefault sets 1000. non-override is 100. 900 will beat the nixpkgs `mkDefault` but not anyone else.
environment.variables.EDITOR = lib.mkOverride 900 "";
# several packages (dconf, modemmanager, networkmanager, gvfs, polkit, udisks, bluez/blueman, feedbackd, etc)
# will add themselves to the dbus search path.
# i prefer dbus to only search XDG paths (/share/dbus-1) for service files, as that's more introspectable.
# see: <repo:nixos/nixpkgs:nixos/modules/services/system/dbus.nix>
# TODO: sandbox dbus? i pretty explicitly don't want to use it as a launcher.
services.dbus.packages = lib.mkForce [
"/run/current-system/sw"
# config.system.path
# pkgs.dbus
# pkgs.polkit.out
# pkgs.modemmanager
# pkgs.networkmanager
# pkgs.udisks
# pkgs.wpa_supplicant
];
# systemd by default forces shitty defaults for e.g. /tmp/.X11-unix.
# nixos propagates those in: <nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd/tmpfiles.nix>
# by overwriting this with an empty file, we can effectively remove it.
environment.etc."tmpfiles.d/x11.conf".text = "# (removed by Colin)";
# see: <nixos/modules/tasks/swraid.nix>
# it was enabled by default before 23.11
boot.swraid.enable = lib.mkDefault false;
# see: <nixos/modules/tasks/bcache.nix>
# these allow you to use the Linux block cache (cool! doesn't need to be a default though)
boot.bcache.enable = lib.mkDefault false;
# see: <nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel.nix>
# by default, it adds to boot.initrd.availableKernelModules:
# - SATA: "ahci" "sata_nv" "sata_via" "sata_sis" "sata_uli" "ata_piix" "pata_marvell"
# - "nvme"
# - scsi: "sd_mod" "sr_mod"
# - SD/eMMC: "mmc_block"
# - USB keyboards: "uhci_hcd" "ehci_hcd" "ehci_pci" "ohci_hcd" "ohci_pci" "xhci_hcd" "xhci_pci" "usbhid" "hid_generic" "hid_lenovo" "hid_apple" "hid_roccat" "hid_logitech_hidpp" "hid_logitech_dj" "hid_microsoft" "hid_cherry" "hid_corsair"
# - LVM: "dm_mod"
# - on x86 only: more keyboard stuff: "pcips2" "atkbd" "i8042"
boot.initrd.includeDefaultModules = lib.mkDefault false;
# see: <repo:nixos/nixpkgs:nixos/modules/virtualisation/nixos-containers.nix>
boot.enableContainers = lib.mkDefault false;
};
}