Make /etc/shadow writable

In order for users to be able to log in locally or via SSH without an
authorized key, they will need to have passwords set in `/etc/shadow`.
We do not really want to make all of `/etc` writable, so we will store
the actual `shadow` file on the persistent data volume, in a separate
Btrfs subvolume, and then bind-mount it at `/etc/shadow`.

While this makes `/etc/shadow` mutable, it does not actually let the
`passwd` program modify it.  This is because `passwd` creates lock files
and backup files in `/etc`.  We will ultimately need a wrapper to
"trick" `passwd` into modifying `/etc/shadow`, without making the whole
`/etc` directory mutable.
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2023-03-15 11:12:26 -05:00
parent c259aad165
commit eb8f4c3b40
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@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ format_dev() {
mount "${dev}" "${tmpdir}" || exit
btrfs subvolume create "${tmpdir}"/var || exit
chcon -t var_t "${tmpdir}"/var || exit
btrfs subvolume create "${tmpdir}"/etc || exit
chcon -t etc_t "${tmpdir}"/etc || exit
umount "${dev}" || exit
}
@@ -37,6 +39,18 @@ has_fs() {
[ -n "${fstype}" ]
}
setup_etc() {
dev="$1"
echo 'Initializing writable paths in /etc'
mount -o subvol=etc "${dev}" "${tmpdir}" || exit
if [ ! -f "${tmpdir}"/shadow ]; then
cp -ca /etc/shadow "${tmpdir}"/shadow || exit
fi
mount -o bind "${tmpdir}"/shadow /etc/shadow || exit
umount "${tmpdir}"
}
datapart=$(findfs PARTLABEL=dch-data)
if [ -b "${datapart}" ]; then
printf 'Found data partition: %s\n' "${datapart}"
@@ -53,4 +67,5 @@ if ! has_fs "${datapart}"; then
format_dev "${datapart}"
fi
setup_etc "${datapart}"
copy_var "${datapart}"