diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/wrappers/default.nix b/nixos/modules/security/wrappers/default.nix index c5b99c0c801..9e4f3fdaa01 100644 --- a/nixos/modules/security/wrappers/default.nix +++ b/nixos/modules/security/wrappers/default.nix @@ -109,27 +109,29 @@ in }; }; description = '' - This option allows the ownership and permissions on the - setuid wrappers for specific programs to be overridden from - the default (setuid root, but not setgid root). + This option allows the ownership and permissions on the setuid + wrappers for specific programs to be overridden from the + default (setuid root, but not setgid root). - Additionally, this option can set capabilities on a - wrapper program that propagates those capabilities down to the - wrapped, real program. + + Additionally, this option can set capabilities on a + wrapper program that propagates those capabilities down to the + wrapped, real program. - The program attribute is the name of - the program to be wrapped. If no source - attribute is provided, specifying the absolute path to the - program, then the program will be searched for in the path - environment variable. + The program attribute is the name of + the program to be wrapped. If no source + attribute is provided, specifying the absolute path to the + program, then the program will be searched for in the path + environment variable. - NOTE: cap_setpcap, which is required for the wrapper - program to be able to raise caps into the Ambient set is NOT - raised to the Ambient set so that the real program cannot - modify its own capabilities!! This may be too restrictive for - cases in which the real program needs cap_setpcap but it at - least leans on the side security paranoid vs. too - relaxed. + NOTE: cap_setpcap, which is required for the wrapper + program to be able to raise caps into the Ambient set is NOT + raised to the Ambient set so that the real program cannot + modify its own capabilities!! This may be too restrictive for + cases in which the real program needs cap_setpcap but it at + least leans on the side security paranoid vs. too + relaxed. + ''; };