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post(nixos): enable isSystemUser to disable shell

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Ming Di Leom 2021-06-13 09:22:57 +00:00
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@ -181,12 +181,12 @@ Following is my "configuration.nix". I'll show you how to secure NixOS using has
caddyProxy = {
home = "/var/lib/caddyProxy";
createHome = true;
isNormalUser = true;
isSystemUser = true;
};
caddyTor = {
home = "/var/lib/caddyTor";
createHome = true;
isNormalUser = true;
isSystemUser = true;
};
};

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@ -102,16 +102,17 @@ Combining with the previous user configs, I ended up with:
caddyProxy = {
home = "/var/lib/caddyProxy";
createHome = true;
isNormalUser = true;
isSystemUser = true;
};
caddyTor = {
home = "/var/lib/caddyTor";
createHome = true;
isNormalUser = true;
isSystemUser = true;
};
tor = {
home = "/var/lib/tor";
createHome = true;
isSystemUser = true;
group = "tor";
uid = config.ids.uids.tor;
};
@ -522,14 +523,17 @@ Since [unattended upgrade](#Unattended-upgrade) is executed on 00:00, I delay ga
caddyProxy = {
home = "/var/lib/caddyProxy";
createHome = true;
isSystemUser = true;
};
caddyTor = {
home = "/var/lib/caddyTor";
createHome = true;
isSystemUser = true;
};
caddyI2p = {
home = "/var/lib/caddyI2p";
createHome = true;
isSystemUser = true;
};
};

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@ -37,24 +37,22 @@ Create a separate user with home folder set to where web server will be deployed
www-data = {
openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [ "ssh-ed25519 ..." ];
home = "/var/www";
# Remove this line after "/var/www" is created
createHome = true;
# Required for rsync
useDefaultShell = true;
isNormalUser = true;
};
};
};
## Make /var/www world-readable
system.activationScripts = {
www-data.text =
''
chmod +xr "/var/www"
'';
};
```
`useDefaultShell` is required to execute rsync on the remote server. This has a security implication and requires a minor tweak to the web server; more on this in the next section. Execute `nixos-rebuild switch` as root to create `www-data` user and its home folder.
Home folder is not world-readable by default, so if you start a web server using different user, it can't access the `/var/www`. To fix this,
```
chmod +xr /var/www
```
Make sure `users.users.www-data.createHome` setting is removed/disabled, otherwise `/var/www` will become non-world-readable after an upgrade.
`isNormalUser` (which also enables `useDefaultShell`) is required to execute rsync on the remote server. This has a security implication and requires a minor tweak to the web server; more on this in the next section. Execute `nixos-rebuild switch` as root to create `www-data` user and its home folder.
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