nixos/nscd: add enableNsncd option

When set, this switches from using nscd to using nsncd.

It's a protocol-compatible, non-caching and much less flaky alternative.

Changed files
+22 -8
nixos
modules
services
system
+22 -8
nixos/modules/services/system/nscd.nix
···
'';
};
+
enableNsncd = mkOption {
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type = types.bool;
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default = false;
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description = lib.mdDoc ''
+
Whether to use nsncd instead of nscd.
+
This is a nscd-compatible daemon, that proxies lookups, without any caching.
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'';
+
};
+
user = mkOption {
type = types.str;
default = "nscd";
···
then pkgs.stdenv.cc.libc.bin
else pkgs.glibc.bin;
'';
-
description = lib.mdDoc "package containing the nscd binary to be used by the service";
+
description = lib.mdDoc ''
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package containing the nscd binary to be used by the service.
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Ignored when enableNsncd is set to true.
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'';
};
};
···
systemd.services.nscd =
{
-
description = "Name Service Cache Daemon";
+
description = "Name Service Cache Daemon"
+
+ lib.optionalString cfg.enableNsncd " (nsncd)";
before = [ "nss-lookup.target" "nss-user-lookup.target" ];
wants = [ "nss-lookup.target" "nss-user-lookup.target" ];
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environment = { LD_LIBRARY_PATH = nssModulesPath; };
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restartTriggers = [
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restartTriggers = lib.optionals (!cfg.enableNsncd) ([
config.environment.etc.hosts.source
config.environment.etc."nsswitch.conf".source
config.environment.etc."nscd.conf".source
] ++ optionals config.users.mysql.enable [
config.environment.etc."libnss-mysql.cfg".source
config.environment.etc."libnss-mysql-root.cfg".source
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];
+
]);
# In some configurations, nscd needs to be started as root; it will
# drop privileges after all the NSS modules have read their
···
# and so users can set the owner of those files to the nscd user.
serviceConfig =
{
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ExecStart = "!@${cfg.package}/bin/nscd nscd";
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Type = "forking";
+
ExecStart =
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if cfg.enableNsncd then "${pkgs.nsncd}/bin/nsncd"
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else "!@${cfg.package}/bin/nscd nscd";
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Type = if cfg.enableNsncd then "notify" else "forking";
User = cfg.user;
Group = cfg.group;
RemoveIPC = true;
···
PIDFile = "/run/nscd/nscd.pid";
Restart = "always";
ExecReload =
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[
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lib.optionals (!cfg.enableNsncd) [
"${cfg.package}/bin/nscd --invalidate passwd"
"${cfg.package}/bin/nscd --invalidate group"
"${cfg.package}/bin/nscd --invalidate hosts"
];
};
};
-
};
}