consistent ownership/permissions for /run/service-state/**

modules/base.nix

@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ in {
       root = {
         gid = 0; usernames = ["root"];
       };
+      system = {
+        gid = 1; usernames = ["root"];
+      };
     };
 
     filesystem = dir {

modules/s6/scripts/rc.init

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ shift
 mount -t proc none /proc
 mount -t sysfs none /sys
 
+mkdir -m 0750 /run/service-state
+chgrp system /run/service-state
+
 ### If your services are managed by s6-rc:
 ### (replace /run/service with your scandir)
 s6-rc-init /run/service -d -c /etc/s6-rc/compiled

overlay.nix

@@ -89,6 +89,16 @@ final: prev: {
   netlink-lua = final.callPackage ./pkgs/netlink-lua {};
   waitup = final.callPackage ./pkgs/waitup {};
 
+  serviceFns = final.writeText "service-fns.sh" ''
+    output() { cat $1/.outputs/$2; }
+    output_path() { echo $(realpath $1/.outputs)/$2; }
+    mkoutputs() {
+      d=/run/service-state/$1
+      mkdir -m 2750 -p $d && chown root:system $d
+      echo $d
+    }
+  '';
+
   # these are packages for the build system not the host/target
 
   tufted = final.callPackage ./pkgs/tufted {};

pkgs/liminix-tools/networking/dnsmasq.nix

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 {
   liminix
 , dnsmasq
+, serviceFns
 , lib
 }:
 {
   user ? "dnsmasq"
-, group ? "dnsmasq"
+, group ? "system"
 , interface
 , upstreams ? []
 , ranges
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ in longrun {
   inherit name;
   dependencies = [ interface ];
   run = ''
+    . ${serviceFns}
     ${dnsmasq}/bin/dnsmasq \
     --user=${user} \
     --domain=${domain} \

pkgs/liminix-tools/networking/pppoe.nix

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 , ppp
 , pppoe
 , writeAshScript
+, serviceFns
 } :
 let
   inherit (liminix.services) longrun;
@@ -17,16 +18,15 @@ interface: {
 let
   name = "${interface.device}.pppoe";
   ip-up = writeAshScript "ip-up" {} ''
-    outputs=/run/service-state/${name}/
+    . ${serviceFns} 
-    mkdir -p $outputs
+    (cd $(mkoutputs ${name}); umask 0027
-    (cd $outputs
      echo $1 > ifname
      echo $2 > tty
      echo $3 > speed
      echo $4 > address
      echo $5 > peer-address
      echo $DNS1 > ns1
-    echo $DNS1 > ns2
+     echo $DNS2 > ns2
     )
     echo >/proc/self/fd/10
   '';

pkgs/liminix-tools/networking/udhcpc.nix

@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ interface: { ... } @ args:
 let
   name = "${interface.device}.udhcp";
   script = writeShellScript "udhcp-notify" ''
+    . ${serviceFns}
     action=$1
 
     set_address() {
         ip address replace $ip/$mask dev $interface
-    dir=/run/service-state/${name}/
+        (cd $(mkoutputs ${name}); umask 0027
-    mkdir -p $dir
          for i in lease mask ip router siaddr dns serverid subnet opt53 interface ; do
-        echo ''${!i} > $dir/$i
+            echo ''${!i} > $i
-    done
+         done)
     }
     case $action in
       deconfig)

pkgs/liminix-tools/services/default.nix

@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@
 , busybox
 , callPackage
 , writeScript
+, serviceFns
 }:
 let
   inherit (builtins) concatStringsSep;
   output = service: name: "/run/service-state/${service.name}/${name}";
   serviceScript = commands : ''
     #!${busybox}/bin/sh
-    output() { cat $1/.outputs/$2; }
+    . ${serviceFns}
     ${commands}
   '';
   service = {