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man: document new nspawn functionality around unpriv support

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Lennart Poettering 2024-11-25 14:51:32 +01:00
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host and container UIDs/GIDs are chosen identically it does provide process capability isolation,
but may be useful if proper user namespacing with distinct UID maps is not possible. This option is
not secure and must not be used to run untrusted code.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If the parameter is <literal>managed</literal>, user namespacing is employed with
in <emphasis>managed</emphasis> mode, i.e. allocation of a UID range is delegated to
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nsresourced.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. This
mode is selected by default if invoked unprivileged, but can also be requested explicitly when
privileged. In this mode a 64K UID range is automatically picked.</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>It is recommended to assign at least 65536 UIDs/GIDs to each container, so that the usable
@ -852,18 +858,23 @@
<para>When user namespaces are used, the GID range assigned to each container is always chosen
identical to the UID range.</para>
<para>In most cases, using <option>--private-users=pick</option> is the recommended option as user
namespacing is required for security, and this option massively enhances container security while
<para>In most cases, <option>--private-users=managed</option> (or when privileged
<option>--private-users=pick</option>, too) is the recommended option as user
namespacing is advised for security, and this option massively enhances container security while
operating fully automatically in most cases.</para>
<para>Note that the picked UID/GID range is not written to <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> or
<filename>/etc/group</filename>. In fact, the allocation of the range is not stored persistently,
except in the file ownership of the files and directories of the container.</para>
except possibly in the file ownership of the files and directories of the container, see
<option>--private-users-ownership=</option>.</para>
<para>Note that when user namespacing is used file ownership on disk reflects this, and all of the container's
files and directories are owned by the container's effective user and group IDs. This means that copying files
from and to the container image requires correction of the numeric UID/GID values, according to the UID/GID
shift applied.</para>
<para>Note that when user namespacing is used without UID mapping (see below) file ownership on disk
reflects this, and all of the container's files and directories are owned by the container's
effective user and group IDs. This means that copying files from and to the container image requires
correction of the numeric UID/GID values, according to the UID/GID shift applied.</para>
<para>Note that for fully unprivileged operation in <literal>managed</literal> mode, any directory
image should be ownd by the foreign UID range.</para>
<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v220"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
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chosen with <option>--private-users=</option>, see above. Takes one of <literal>off</literal> (to
leave the image as is), <literal>chown</literal> (to recursively <function>chown()</function> the
container's directory tree as needed), <literal>map</literal> (in order to use transparent ID mapping
mounts) or <literal>auto</literal> for automatically using <literal>map</literal> where available and
<literal>chown</literal> where not.</para>
mounts from UID 0 to the target UID range), <literal>foreign</literal> (the same, but from the
foreign UID range base) or <literal>auto</literal> for automatically using <literal>map</literal> or
<literal>foreign</literal>, where available and applicable and <literal>chown</literal> where
not.</para>
<para>If <literal>chown</literal> is selected, all files and directories in the container's directory
tree will be adjusted so that they are owned by the appropriate UIDs/GIDs selected for the container
@ -884,14 +897,19 @@
directory tree of the container. Besides actual file ownership, file ACLs are adjusted as
well.</para>
<para>Typically <literal>map</literal> is the best choice, since it transparently maps UIDs/GIDs in
memory as needed without modifying the image, and without requiring an expensive recursive adjustment
operation. However, it is not available for all file systems, currently.</para>
<para>Typically <literal>foreign</literal> or <literal>map</literal> is the best choice, since it
transparently maps UIDs/GIDs in memory as needed without modifying the image, and without requiring
an expensive recursive adjustment operation. However, it is not available for all file systems,
currently.</para>
<para>The <option>--private-users-ownership=auto</option> option is implied if
<option>--private-users=pick</option> is used. This option has no effect if user namespacing is not
used.</para>
<para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-dissect</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
<option>--shift</option> switch may be used to shift UID/GID ownership from or to the 0, foreign or
specific container UID/GID base outside of any <command>systemd-nspawn</command></para> invocation.
<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v230"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>