docs/UIDS-GIDS.md

@@ -241,9 +241,8 @@ the artifacts the container manager persistently leaves in the system.
 |                     5 | `tty` group           | `systemd`     | `/etc/passwd`                 |
 |                 6…999 | System users          | Distributions | `/etc/passwd`                 |
 |            1000…60000 | Regular users         | Distributions | `/etc/passwd` + LDAP/NIS/…    |
-|           60001…60513 | Human users (homed)   | `systemd`     | `nss-systemd`                 |
+|           60001…60513 | Human Users (homed)   | `systemd`     | `nss-systemd`                 |
-|           60514…60577 | Host users mapped into containers | `systemd` | `systemd-nspawn`           |
+|           60514…61183 | Unused                |               |                               |
-|           60578…61183 | Unused                |               |                               |
 |           61184…65519 | Dynamic service users | `systemd`     | `nss-systemd`                 |
 |           65520…65533 | Unused                |               |                               |
 |                 65534 | `nobody` user         | Linux         | `/etc/passwd` + `nss-systemd` |

man/custom-entities.ent.in

@@ -11,6 +11,5 @@
 <!ENTITY KILL_USER_PROCESSES "{{ 'yes' if KILL_USER_PROCESSES else 'no' }}">
 <!ENTITY DEBUGTTY "{{DEBUGTTY}}">
 <!ENTITY RC_LOCAL_PATH "{{RC_LOCAL_PATH}}">
-<!ENTITY HIGH_RLIMIT_NOFILE "{{HIGH_RLIMIT_NOFILE}}">
 <!ENTITY fedora_latest_version "34">
 <!ENTITY fedora_cloud_release "1.2">

man/systemd-nspawn.xml

@@ -1352,58 +1352,6 @@ After=sys-subsystem-net-devices-ens1.device</programlisting>
         make them read-only, using <option>--bind-ro=</option>.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry>
-        <term><option>--bind-user=</option></term>
-
-        <listitem><para>Binds the home directory of the specified user on the host into the container. Takes
-        the name of an existing user on the host as argument. May be used multiple times to bind multiple
-        users into the container. This does three things:</para>
-
-        <orderedlist>
-          <listitem><para>The user's home directory is bind mounted from the host into
-          <filename>/run/hosts/home/</filename>.</para></listitem>
-
-          <listitem><para>An additional UID/GID mapping is added that maps the host user's UID/GID to a
-          container UID/GID, allocated from the 60514…60577 range.</para></listitem>
-
-          <listitem><para>A JSON user and group record is generated in <filename>/run/userdb/</filename> that
-          describes the mapped user. It contains a minimized representation of the host's user record,
-          adjusted to the UID/GID and home directory path assigned to the user in the container. The
-          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nss-systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-          glibc NSS module will pick up these records from there and make them available in the container's
-          user/group databases.</para></listitem>
-        </orderedlist>
-
-        <para>The combination of the three operations above ensures that it is possible to log into the
-        host's user account inside the container as if it was local to the container. The user is only mapped
-        transiently, while the container is running and the mapping itself does not result in persistent
-        changes to the container (except maybe for generated log messages at login time, and similar). Note
-        that in particular the UID/GID assignment in the container is not made persistently. If the user is
-        mapped transiently, it is best to not allow the user to make persistent changes to the container. If
-        the user leaves files or directories owned by the user, and those UIDs/GIDs are recycled during later
-        container invocations (possibly with a different <option>--bind-user=</option> mapping), those files
-        and directories will be accessible to the "new" user.</para>
-
-        <para>The user/group record mapping only works if the container contains systemd 249 or newer, with
-        <command>nss-systemd</command> properly configured in <filename>nsswitch.conf</filename>. See
-        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nss-systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
-        details.</para>
-
-        <para>Note that the user record propagated from the host into the container will contain the UNIX
-        password hash of the user, so that seamless logins in the container are possible. If the container is
-        less trusted than the host it's hence important to use a strong UNIX password hash function
-        (e.g. yescrypt or similar, with the <literal>$y$</literal> hash prefix).</para>
-
-        <para>When binding a user from the host into the container checks are executed to ensure that the
-        username is not yet known in the container. Moreover, it is checked that the UID/GID allocated for it
-        is not currently defined in the user/group databases of the container. Both checks directly access
-        the container's <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename>, and thus might
-        not detect existing accounts in other databases.</para>
-
-        <para>This operation is only supported in combination with
-        <option>--private-users=</option>/<option>-U</option>.</para></listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
-
       <varlistentry>
         <term><option>--inaccessible=</option></term>
 

man/systemd-system.conf.xml

@@ -408,23 +408,7 @@
         <varname>LimitXXX=</varname> directives and they accept the same parameter syntax,
         see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
         for details. Note that these resource limits are only defaults
-        for units, they are not applied to the service manager process (i.e. PID 1) itself.</para>
+        for units, they are not applied to the service manager process (i.e. PID 1) itself.</para></listitem>
-
-        <para>Most of these settings are unset, which means the resource limits are inherited from the kernel or, if
-        invoked in a container, from the container manager. However, the following have defaults:</para>
-        <itemizedlist>
-          <listitem><para><varname>DefaultLimitNOFILE=</varname> defaults to <literal>1024:&HIGH_RLIMIT_NOFILE;</literal>.
-          </para></listitem>
-
-          <listitem><para><varname>DefaultLimitCORE=</varname> does not have a default but it is worth mentioning that
-          <varname>RLIMIT_CORE</varname> is set to <literal>infinity</literal> by PID 1 which is inherited by its
-          children.</para></listitem>
-
-          <listitem><para>Note that the service manager internally increases <varname>RLIMIT_MEMLOCK</varname> for
-          itself, however the limit is reverted to the original value for child processes forked off.</para></listitem>
-        </itemizedlist>
-
-      </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>

man/systemd.nspawn.xml

@@ -415,16 +415,6 @@
         is privileged (see above).</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry>
-        <term><varname>BindUser=</varname></term>
-
-        <listitem><para>Binds a user from the host into the container. This option is equivalent to the
-        command line switch <option>--bind-user=</option>, see
-        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-        for details about the specific options supported. This setting is privileged (see
-        above).</para></listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
-
       <varlistentry>
         <term><varname>TemporaryFileSystem=</varname></term>
 

meson.build

@@ -3440,7 +3440,7 @@ foreach tuple : fuzzers
 
         name = sources[0].split('/')[-1].split('.')[0]
 
-        exe = executable(
+        fuzzer_exes += executable(
                 name,
                 sources,
                 include_directories : [incs, include_directories('src/fuzz')],
@@ -3449,23 +3449,7 @@ foreach tuple : fuzzers
                 c_args : defs + test_cflags,
                 link_args: link_args,
                 install : false,
-                build_by_default : fuzzer_build)
+                build_by_default : fuzz_tests or fuzzer_build)
-        fuzzer_exes += exe
-
-        if want_tests != 'false'
-                # Run the fuzz regression tests without any sanitizers enabled.
-                # Additional invocations with sanitizers may be added below.
-                foreach p : fuzz_regression_tests
-                        b = p.split('/')[-2]
-                        c = p.split('/')[-1]
-
-                        if b == name
-                                test('@0@_@1@'.format(b, c),
-                                     exe,
-                                     args : [join_paths(project_source_root, p)])
-                        endif
-                endforeach
-        endif
 endforeach
 
 run_target(

meson_options.txt

@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ option('tests', type : 'combo', choices : ['true', 'unsafe', 'false'],
 option('slow-tests', type : 'boolean', value : 'false',
        description : 'run the slow tests by default')
 option('fuzz-tests', type : 'boolean', value : 'false',
-       description : 'run the fuzzer regression tests by default (with sanitizers)')
+       description : 'run the fuzzer regression tests by default')
 option('install-tests', type : 'boolean', value : 'false',
        description : 'install test executables')
 

src/basic/terminal-util.c

@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include "process-util.h"
 #include "socket-util.h"
 #include "stat-util.h"
-#include "stdio-util.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "terminal-util.h"
@@ -241,27 +240,22 @@ int reset_terminal_fd(int fd, bool switch_to_text) {
 
         assert(fd >= 0);
 
-        if (isatty(fd) < 1)
+        /* We leave locked terminal attributes untouched, so that
-                return log_debug_errno(errno, "Asked to reset a terminal that actually isn't a terminal: %m");
+         * Plymouth may set whatever it wants to set, and we don't
-
+         * interfere with that. */
-        /* We leave locked terminal attributes untouched, so that Plymouth may set whatever it wants to set,
-         * and we don't interfere with that. */
 
         /* Disable exclusive mode, just in case */
-        if (ioctl(fd, TIOCNXCL) < 0)
+        (void) ioctl(fd, TIOCNXCL);
-                log_debug_errno(errno, "TIOCNXCL ioctl failed on TTY, ignoring: %m");
 
         /* Switch to text mode */
         if (switch_to_text)
-                if (ioctl(fd, KDSETMODE, KD_TEXT) < 0)
+                (void) ioctl(fd, KDSETMODE, KD_TEXT);
-                        log_debug_errno(errno, "KDSETMODE ioctl for switching to text mode failed on TTY, ignoring: %m");
-
 
         /* Set default keyboard mode */
         (void) vt_reset_keyboard(fd);
 
         if (tcgetattr(fd, &termios) < 0) {
-                r = log_debug_errno(errno, "Failed to get terminal parameters: %m");
+                r = -errno;
                 goto finish;
         }
 
@@ -317,13 +311,14 @@ int reset_terminal(const char *name) {
 }
 
 int open_terminal(const char *name, int mode) {
-        _cleanup_close_ int fd = -1;
         unsigned c = 0;
+        int fd;
 
         /*
-         * If a TTY is in the process of being closed opening it might cause EIO. This is horribly awful, but
+         * If a TTY is in the process of being closed opening it might
-         * unlikely to be changed in the kernel. Hence we work around this problem by retrying a couple of
+         * cause EIO. This is horribly awful, but unlikely to be
-         * times.
+         * changed in the kernel. Hence we work around this problem by
+         * retrying a couple of times.
          *
          * https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/554172/comments/245
          */
@@ -343,14 +338,16 @@ int open_terminal(const char *name, int mode) {
                 if (c >= 20)
                         return -errno;
 
-                (void) usleep(50 * USEC_PER_MSEC);
+                usleep(50 * USEC_PER_MSEC);
                 c++;
         }
 
-        if (isatty(fd) < 1)
+        if (isatty(fd) <= 0) {
-                return negative_errno();
+                safe_close(fd);
+                return -ENOTTY;
+        }
 
-        return TAKE_FD(fd);
+        return fd;
 }
 
 int acquire_terminal(
@@ -963,9 +960,7 @@ int get_ctty_devnr(pid_t pid, dev_t *d) {
 }
 
 int get_ctty(pid_t pid, dev_t *ret_devnr, char **ret) {
-        char pty[STRLEN("/dev/pts/") + DECIMAL_STR_MAX(dev_t) + 1];
+        _cleanup_free_ char *fn = NULL, *b = NULL;
-        _cleanup_free_ char *buf = NULL;
-        const char *fn = NULL, *w;
         dev_t devnr;
         int r;
 
@@ -973,54 +968,45 @@ int get_ctty(pid_t pid, dev_t *ret_devnr, char **ret) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        r = device_path_make_canonical(S_IFCHR, devnr, &buf);
+        r = device_path_make_canonical(S_IFCHR, devnr, &fn);
         if (r < 0) {
-                struct stat st;
-
                 if (r != -ENOENT) /* No symlink for this in /dev/char/? */
                         return r;
 
-                /* Maybe this is PTY? PTY devices are not listed in /dev/char/, as they don't follow the
+                if (major(devnr) == 136) {
-                 * Linux device model and hence device_path_make_canonical() doesn't work for them. Let's
+                        /* This is an ugly hack: PTY devices are not listed in /dev/char/, as they don't follow the
-                 * assume this is a PTY for a moment, and check if the device node this would then map to in
+                         * Linux device model. This means we have no nice way to match them up against their actual
-                 * /dev/pts/ matches the one we are looking for. This way we don't have to hardcode the major
+                         * device node. Let's hence do the check by the fixed, assigned major number. Normally we try
-                 * number (which is 136 btw), but we still rely on the fact that PTY numbers map directly to
+                         * to avoid such fixed major/minor matches, but there appears to nother nice way to handle
-                 * the minor number of the pty. */
+                         * this. */
-                xsprintf(pty, "/dev/pts/%u", minor(devnr));
 
-                if (stat(pty, &st) < 0) {
+                        if (asprintf(&b, "pts/%u", minor(devnr)) < 0)
-                        if (errno != ENOENT)
+                                return -ENOMEM;
-                                return -errno;
+                } else {
+                        /* Probably something similar to the ptys which have no symlink in /dev/char/. Let's return
+                         * something vaguely useful. */
 
-                } else if (S_ISCHR(st.st_mode) && devnr == st.st_rdev) /* Bingo! */
+                        r = device_path_make_major_minor(S_IFCHR, devnr, &fn);
-                        fn = pty;
-
-                if (!fn) {
-                        /* Doesn't exist, or not a PTY? Probably something similar to the PTYs which have no
-                         * symlink in /dev/char/. Let's return something vaguely useful. */
-                        r = device_path_make_major_minor(S_IFCHR, devnr, &buf);
                         if (r < 0)
                                 return r;
-
-                        fn = buf;
                 }
-        } else
-                fn = buf;
-
-        w = path_startswith(fn, "/dev/");
-        if (!w)
-                return -EINVAL;
-
-        if (ret) {
-                _cleanup_free_ char *b = NULL;
-
-                b = strdup(w);
-                if (!b)
-                        return -ENOMEM;
-
-                *ret = TAKE_PTR(b);
         }
 
+        if (!b) {
+                const char *w;
+
+                w = path_startswith(fn, "/dev/");
+                if (w) {
+                        b = strdup(w);
+                        if (!b)
+                                return -ENOMEM;
+                } else
+                        b = TAKE_PTR(fn);
+        }
+
+        if (ret)
+                *ret = TAKE_PTR(b);
+
         if (ret_devnr)
                 *ret_devnr = devnr;
 
@@ -1340,9 +1326,6 @@ int vt_restore(int fd) {
         };
         int r, q = 0;
 
-        if (isatty(fd) < 1)
-                return log_debug_errno(errno, "Asked to restore the VT for an fd that does not refer to a terminal: %m");
-
         if (ioctl(fd, KDSETMODE, KD_TEXT) < 0)
                 q = log_debug_errno(errno, "Failed to set VT in text mode, ignoring: %m");
 
@@ -1376,9 +1359,6 @@ int vt_release(int fd, bool restore) {
          * sent by the kernel and optionally reset the VT in text and auto
          * VT-switching modes. */
 
-        if (isatty(fd) < 1)
-                return log_debug_errno(errno, "Asked to release the VT for an fd that does not refer to a terminal: %m");
-
         if (ioctl(fd, VT_RELDISP, 1) < 0)
                 return -errno;
 

src/core/execute.c

@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ static int chown_terminal(int fd, uid_t uid) {
         }
 
         /* This might fail. What matters are the results. */
-        r = fchmod_and_chown(fd, TTY_MODE, uid, GID_INVALID);
+        r = fchmod_and_chown(fd, TTY_MODE, uid, -1);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
@@ -5775,9 +5775,6 @@ void exec_context_free_log_extra_fields(ExecContext *c) {
 }
 
 void exec_context_revert_tty(ExecContext *c) {
-        _cleanup_close_ int fd = -1;
-        const char *path;
-        struct stat st;
         int r;
 
         assert(c);
@@ -5788,33 +5785,17 @@ void exec_context_revert_tty(ExecContext *c) {
         /* And then undo what chown_terminal() did earlier. Note that we only do this if we have a path
          * configured. If the TTY was passed to us as file descriptor we assume the TTY is opened and managed
          * by whoever passed it to us and thus knows better when and how to chmod()/chown() it back. */
-        if (!exec_context_may_touch_tty(c))
-                return;
 
-        path = exec_context_tty_path(c);
+        if (exec_context_may_touch_tty(c)) {
-        if (!path)
+                const char *path;
-                return;
 
-        fd = open(path, O_PATH|O_CLOEXEC);
+                path = exec_context_tty_path(c);
-        if (fd < 0)
+                if (path) {
-                return (void) log_full_errno(errno == ENOENT ? LOG_DEBUG : LOG_WARNING, errno,
+                        r = chmod_and_chown(path, TTY_MODE, 0, TTY_GID);
-                                             "Failed to open TTY inode of '%s' to adjust ownership/access mode, ignoring: %m",
+                        if (r < 0 && r != -ENOENT)
-                                             path);
+                                log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to reset TTY ownership/access mode of %s, ignoring: %m", path);
-
+                }
-        if (fstat(fd, &st) < 0)
+        }
-                return (void) log_warning_errno(errno, "Failed to stat TTY '%s', ignoring: %m", path);
-
-        /* Let's add a superficial check that we only do this for stuff that looks like a TTY. We only check
-         * if things are a character device, since a proper check either means we'd have to open the TTY and
-         * use isatty(), but we'd rather not do that since opening TTYs comes with all kinds of side-effects
-         * and is slow. Or we'd have to hardcode dev_t major information, which we'd rather avoid. Why bother
-         * with this at all? → https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/19213 */
-        if (!S_ISCHR(st.st_mode))
-                return log_warning("Configured TTY '%s' is not actually a character device, ignoring.", path);
-
-        r = fchmod_and_chown(fd, TTY_MODE, 0, TTY_GID);
-        if (r < 0)
-                log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to reset TTY ownership/access mode of %s, ignoring: %m", path);
 }
 
 int exec_context_get_clean_directories(

src/nspawn/meson.build

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 
 libnspawn_core_sources = files('''
-        nspawn-bind-user.c
-        nspawn-bind-user.h
         nspawn-cgroup.c
         nspawn-cgroup.h
         nspawn-creds.c
@@ -28,7 +26,6 @@ libnspawn_core_sources = files('''
         nspawn-setuid.h
         nspawn-stub-pid1.c
         nspawn-stub-pid1.h
-        nspawn.h
 '''.split())
 
 nspawn_gperf_c = custom_target(

src/nspawn/nspawn-bind-user.c

@@ -1,478 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
-
-#include "fd-util.h"
-#include "fileio.h"
-#include "format-util.h"
-#include "fs-util.h"
-#include "nspawn-bind-user.h"
-#include "nspawn.h"
-#include "path-util.h"
-#include "user-util.h"
-#include "userdb.h"
-
-#define MAP_UID_START 60514
-#define MAP_UID_END 60577
-
-static int check_etc_passwd_collisions(
-                const char *directory,
-                const char *name,
-                uid_t uid) {
-
-        _cleanup_fclose_ FILE *f = NULL;
-        int r;
-
-        assert(directory);
-        assert(name || uid_is_valid(uid));
-
-        r = chase_symlinks_and_fopen_unlocked("/etc/passwd", directory, CHASE_PREFIX_ROOT, "re", &f, NULL);
-        if (r == -ENOENT)
-                return 0; /* no user database? then no user, hence no collision */
-        if (r < 0)
-                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to open /etc/passwd of container: %m");
-
-        for (;;) {
-                struct passwd *pw;
-
-                r = fgetpwent_sane(f, &pw);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to iterate through /etc/passwd of container: %m");
-                if (r == 0) /* EOF */
-                        return 0; /* no collision */
-
-                if (name && streq_ptr(pw->pw_name, name))
-                        return 1; /* name collision */
-                if (uid_is_valid(uid) && pw->pw_uid == uid)
-                        return 1; /* UID collision */
-        }
-}
-
-static int check_etc_group_collisions(
-                const char *directory,
-                const char *name,
-                gid_t gid) {
-
-        _cleanup_fclose_ FILE *f = NULL;
-        int r;
-
-        assert(directory);
-        assert(name || gid_is_valid(gid));
-
-        r = chase_symlinks_and_fopen_unlocked("/etc/group", directory, CHASE_PREFIX_ROOT, "re", &f, NULL);
-        if (r == -ENOENT)
-                return 0; /* no group database? then no group, hence no collision */
-        if (r < 0)
-                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to open /etc/group of container: %m");
-
-        for (;;) {
-                struct group *gr;
-
-                r = fgetgrent_sane(f, &gr);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to iterate through /etc/group of container: %m");
-                if (r == 0)
-                        return 0; /* no collision */
-
-                if (name && streq_ptr(gr->gr_name, name))
-                        return 1; /* name collision */
-                if (gid_is_valid(gid) && gr->gr_gid == gid)
-                        return 1; /* gid collision */
-        }
-}
-
-static int convert_user(
-                const char *directory,
-                UserRecord *u,
-                GroupRecord *g,
-                uid_t allocate_uid,
-                UserRecord **ret_converted_user,
-                GroupRecord **ret_converted_group) {
-
-        _cleanup_(group_record_unrefp) GroupRecord *converted_group = NULL;
-        _cleanup_(user_record_unrefp) UserRecord *converted_user = NULL;
-        _cleanup_free_ char *h = NULL;
-        JsonVariant *p, *hp = NULL;
-        int r;
-
-        assert(u);
-        assert(g);
-        assert(u->gid == g->gid);
-
-        r = check_etc_passwd_collisions(directory, u->user_name, UID_INVALID);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-        if (r > 0)
-                return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EBUSY),
-                                       "Sorry, the user '%s' already exists in the container.", u->user_name);
-
-        r = check_etc_group_collisions(directory, g->group_name, GID_INVALID);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-        if (r > 0)
-                return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EBUSY),
-                                       "Sorry, the group '%s' already exists in the container.", g->group_name);
-
-        h = path_join("/run/host/home/", u->user_name);
-        if (!h)
-                return log_oom();
-
-        /* Acquire the source hashed password array as-is, so that it retains the JSON_VARIANT_SENSITIVE flag */
-        p = json_variant_by_key(u->json, "privileged");
-        if (p)
-                hp = json_variant_by_key(p, "hashedPassword");
-
-        r = user_record_build(
-                        &converted_user,
-                        JSON_BUILD_OBJECT(
-                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR("userName", JSON_BUILD_STRING(u->user_name)),
-                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR("uid", JSON_BUILD_UNSIGNED(allocate_uid)),
-                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR("gid", JSON_BUILD_UNSIGNED(allocate_uid)),
-                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR_CONDITION(u->disposition >= 0, "disposition", JSON_BUILD_STRING(user_disposition_to_string(u->disposition))),
-                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR("homeDirectory", JSON_BUILD_STRING(h)),
-                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR("service", JSON_BUILD_STRING("io.systemd.NSpawn")),
-                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR_CONDITION(!strv_isempty(u->hashed_password), "privileged", JSON_BUILD_OBJECT(
-                                                                                  JSON_BUILD_PAIR("hashedPassword", JSON_BUILD_VARIANT(hp))))));
-        if (r < 0)
-                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to build container user record: %m");
-
-        r = group_record_build(
-                        &converted_group,
-                        JSON_BUILD_OBJECT(
-                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR("groupName", JSON_BUILD_STRING(g->group_name)),
-                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR("gid", JSON_BUILD_UNSIGNED(allocate_uid)),
-                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR_CONDITION(g->disposition >= 0, "disposition", JSON_BUILD_STRING(user_disposition_to_string(g->disposition))),
-                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR("service", JSON_BUILD_STRING("io.systemd.NSpawn"))));
-        if (r < 0)
-                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to build container group record: %m");
-
-        *ret_converted_user = TAKE_PTR(converted_user);
-        *ret_converted_group = TAKE_PTR(converted_group);
-
-        return 0;
-}
-
-static int find_free_uid(const char *directory, uid_t max_uid, uid_t *current_uid) {
-        int r;
-
-        assert(directory);
-        assert(current_uid);
-
-        for (;; (*current_uid) ++) {
-                if (*current_uid > MAP_UID_END || *current_uid > max_uid)
-                        return log_error_errno(
-                                        SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EBUSY),
-                                        "No suitable available UID in range " UID_FMT "…" UID_FMT " in container detected, can't map user.",
-                                        MAP_UID_START, MAP_UID_END);
-
-                r = check_etc_passwd_collisions(directory, NULL, *current_uid);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return r;
-                if (r > 0) /* already used */
-                        continue;
-
-                /* We want to use the UID also as GID, hence check for it in /etc/group too */
-                r = check_etc_group_collisions(directory, NULL, (gid_t) *current_uid);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return r;
-                if (r == 0) /* free! yay! */
-                        return 0;
-        }
-}
-
-BindUserContext* bind_user_context_free(BindUserContext *c) {
-        if (!c)
-                return NULL;
-
-        assert(c->n_data == 0 || c->data);
-
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < c->n_data; i++) {
-                user_record_unref(c->data[i].host_user);
-                group_record_unref(c->data[i].host_group);
-                user_record_unref(c->data[i].payload_user);
-                group_record_unref(c->data[i].payload_group);
-        }
-
-        return mfree(c);
-}
-
-int bind_user_prepare(
-                const char *directory,
-                char **bind_user,
-                uid_t uid_shift,
-                uid_t uid_range,
-                CustomMount **custom_mounts,
-                size_t *n_custom_mounts,
-                BindUserContext **ret) {
-
-        _cleanup_(bind_user_context_freep) BindUserContext *c = NULL;
-        uid_t current_uid = MAP_UID_START;
-        char **n;
-        int r;
-
-        assert(custom_mounts);
-        assert(n_custom_mounts);
-        assert(ret);
-
-        /* This resolves the users specified in 'bind_user', generates a minimalized JSON user + group record
-         * for it to stick in the container, allocates a UID/GID for it, and updates the custom mount table,
-         * to include an appropriate bind mount mapping.
-         *
-         * This extends the passed custom_mounts/n_custom_mounts with the home directories, and allocates a
-         * new BindUserContext for the user records */
-
-        if (strv_isempty(bind_user)) {
-                *ret = NULL;
-                return 0;
-        }
-
-        c = new0(BindUserContext, 1);
-        if (!c)
-                return log_oom();
-
-        STRV_FOREACH(n, bind_user) {
-                _cleanup_(user_record_unrefp) UserRecord *u = NULL, *cu = NULL;
-                _cleanup_(group_record_unrefp) GroupRecord *g = NULL, *cg = NULL;
-                _cleanup_free_ char *sm = NULL, *sd = NULL;
-                CustomMount *cm;
-
-                r = userdb_by_name(*n, USERDB_DONT_SYNTHESIZE, &u);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to resolve user '%s': %m", *n);
-
-                /* For now, let's refuse mapping the root/nobody users explicitly. The records we generate
-                 * are strictly additive, nss-systemd is typically placed last in /etc/nsswitch.conf. Thus
-                 * even if we wanted, we couldn't override the root or nobody user records. Note we also
-                 * check for name conflicts in /etc/passwd + /etc/group later on, which would usually filter
-                 * out root/nobody too, hence these checks might appear redundant — but they actually are
-                 * not, as we want to support environments where /etc/passwd and /etc/group are non-existent,
-                 * and the user/group databases fully synthesized at runtime. Moreover, the name of the
-                 * user/group name of the "nobody" account differs between distros, hence a check by numeric
-                 * UID is safer. */
-                if (u->uid == 0 || streq(u->user_name, "root"))
-                        return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "Mapping 'root' user not supported, sorry.");
-                if (u->uid == UID_NOBODY || STR_IN_SET(u->user_name, NOBODY_USER_NAME, "nobody"))
-                        return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "Mapping 'nobody' user not supported, sorry.");
-
-                if (u->uid >= uid_shift && u->uid < uid_shift + uid_range)
-                        return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "UID of user '%s' to map is already in container UID range, refusing.", u->user_name);
-
-                r = groupdb_by_gid(u->gid, USERDB_DONT_SYNTHESIZE, &g);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to resolve group of user '%s': %m", u->user_name);
-
-                if (g->gid >= uid_shift && g->gid < uid_shift + uid_range)
-                        return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "GID of group '%s' to map is already in container GID range, refusing.", g->group_name);
-
-                /* We want to synthesize exactly one user + group from the host into the container. This only
-                 * makes sense if the user on the host has its own private group. We can't reasonably check
-                 * this, so we just check of the name of user and group match.
-                 *
-                 * One of these days we might want to support users in a shared/common group too, but it's
-                 * not clear to me how this would have to be mapped, precisely given that the common group
-                 * probably already exists in the container. */
-                if (!streq(u->user_name, g->group_name))
-                        return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EOPNOTSUPP),
-                                               "Sorry, mapping users without private groups is currently not supported.");
-
-                r = find_free_uid(directory, uid_range, &current_uid);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return r;
-
-                r = convert_user(directory, u, g, current_uid, &cu, &cg);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return r;
-
-                if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(c->data, c->n_data + 1))
-                        return log_oom();
-
-                sm = strdup(u->home_directory);
-                if (!sm)
-                        return log_oom();
-
-                sd = strdup(cu->home_directory);
-                if (!sd)
-                        return log_oom();
-
-                cm = reallocarray(*custom_mounts, sizeof(CustomMount), *n_custom_mounts + 1);
-                if (!cm)
-                        return log_oom();
-
-                *custom_mounts = cm;
-
-                (*custom_mounts)[(*n_custom_mounts)++] = (CustomMount) {
-                        .type = CUSTOM_MOUNT_BIND,
-                        .source = TAKE_PTR(sm),
-                        .destination = TAKE_PTR(sd),
-                };
-
-                c->data[c->n_data++] = (BindUserData) {
-                        .host_user = TAKE_PTR(u),
-                        .host_group = TAKE_PTR(g),
-                        .payload_user = TAKE_PTR(cu),
-                        .payload_group = TAKE_PTR(cg),
-                };
-
-                current_uid++;
-        }
-
-        *ret = TAKE_PTR(c);
-        return 1;
-}
-
-static int write_and_symlink(
-                const char *root,
-                JsonVariant *v,
-                const char *name,
-                uid_t uid,
-                const char *suffix,
-                WriteStringFileFlags extra_flags) {
-
-        _cleanup_free_ char *j = NULL, *f = NULL, *p = NULL, *q = NULL;
-        int r;
-
-        assert(root);
-        assert(v);
-        assert(name);
-        assert(uid_is_valid(uid));
-        assert(suffix);
-
-        r = json_variant_format(v, JSON_FORMAT_NEWLINE, &j);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to format user record JSON: %m");
-
-        f = strjoin(name, suffix);
-        if (!f)
-                return log_oom();
-
-        p = path_join(root, "/run/host/userdb/", f);
-        if (!p)
-                return log_oom();
-
-        if (asprintf(&q, "%s/run/host/userdb/" UID_FMT "%s", root, uid, suffix) < 0)
-                return log_oom();
-
-        if (symlink(f, q) < 0)
-                return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to create symlink '%s': %m", q);
-
-        r = userns_lchown(q, 0, 0);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to adjust access mode of '%s': %m", q);
-
-        r = write_string_file(p, j, WRITE_STRING_FILE_CREATE|extra_flags);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to write %s: %m", p);
-
-        r = userns_lchown(p, 0, 0);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to adjust access mode of '%s': %m", p);
-
-        return 0;
-}
-
-int bind_user_setup(
-                const BindUserContext *c,
-                const char *root) {
-
-        static const UserRecordLoadFlags strip_flags = /* Removes privileged info */
-                USER_RECORD_REQUIRE_REGULAR|
-                USER_RECORD_STRIP_PRIVILEGED|
-                USER_RECORD_ALLOW_PER_MACHINE|
-                USER_RECORD_ALLOW_BINDING|
-                USER_RECORD_ALLOW_SIGNATURE;
-        static const UserRecordLoadFlags shadow_flags = /* Extracts privileged info */
-                USER_RECORD_STRIP_REGULAR|
-                USER_RECORD_ALLOW_PRIVILEGED|
-                USER_RECORD_STRIP_PER_MACHINE|
-                USER_RECORD_STRIP_BINDING|
-                USER_RECORD_STRIP_SIGNATURE|
-                USER_RECORD_EMPTY_OK;
-        int r;
-
-        assert(root);
-
-        if (!c || c->n_data == 0)
-                return 0;
-
-        r = userns_mkdir(root, "/run/host", 0755, 0, 0);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to create /run/host: %m");
-
-        r = userns_mkdir(root, "/run/host/home", 0755, 0, 0);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to create /run/host/userdb: %m");
-
-        r = userns_mkdir(root, "/run/host/userdb", 0755, 0, 0);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to create /run/host/userdb: %m");
-
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < c->n_data; i++) {
-                _cleanup_(group_record_unrefp) GroupRecord *stripped_group = NULL, *shadow_group = NULL;
-                _cleanup_(user_record_unrefp) UserRecord *stripped_user = NULL, *shadow_user = NULL;
-                const BindUserData *d = c->data + i;
-
-                /* First, write shadow (i.e. privileged) data for group record */
-                r = group_record_clone(d->payload_group, shadow_flags, &shadow_group);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to extract privileged information from group record: %m");
-
-                if (!json_variant_is_blank_object(shadow_group->json)) {
-                        r = write_and_symlink(
-                                        root,
-                                        shadow_group->json,
-                                        d->payload_group->group_name,
-                                        d->payload_group->gid,
-                                        ".group-privileged",
-                                        WRITE_STRING_FILE_MODE_0600);
-                        if (r < 0)
-                                return r;
-                }
-
-                /* Second, write main part of group record. */
-                r = group_record_clone(d->payload_group, strip_flags, &stripped_group);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to strip privileged information from group record: %m");
-
-                r = write_and_symlink(
-                                root,
-                                stripped_group->json,
-                                d->payload_group->group_name,
-                                d->payload_group->gid,
-                                ".group",
-                                0);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return r;
-
-                /* Third, write out user shadow data. i.e. extract privileged info from user record */
-                r = user_record_clone(d->payload_user, shadow_flags, &shadow_user);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to extract privileged information from user record: %m");
-
-                if (!json_variant_is_blank_object(shadow_user->json)) {
-                        r = write_and_symlink(
-                                        root,
-                                        shadow_user->json,
-                                        d->payload_user->user_name,
-                                        d->payload_user->uid,
-                                        ".user-privileged",
-                                        WRITE_STRING_FILE_MODE_0600);
-                        if (r < 0)
-                                return r;
-                }
-
-                /* Finally write out the main part of the user record */
-                r = user_record_clone(d->payload_user, strip_flags, &stripped_user);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to strip privileged information from user record: %m");
-
-                r = write_and_symlink(
-                                root,
-                                stripped_user->json,
-                                d->payload_user->user_name,
-                                d->payload_user->uid,
-                                ".user",
-                                0);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return r;
-        }
-
-        return 1;
-}

src/nspawn/nspawn-bind-user.h

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
-#pragma once
-
-#include "user-record.h"
-#include "group-record.h"
-#include "nspawn-mount.h"
-
-typedef struct BindUserData {
-        /* The host's user/group records */
-        UserRecord *host_user;
-        GroupRecord *host_group;
-
-        /* The mapped records to place into the container */
-        UserRecord *payload_user;
-        GroupRecord *payload_group;
-} BindUserData;
-
-typedef struct BindUserContext {
-        BindUserData *data;
-        size_t n_data;
-} BindUserContext;
-
-BindUserContext* bind_user_context_free(BindUserContext *c);
-
-DEFINE_TRIVIAL_CLEANUP_FUNC(BindUserContext*, bind_user_context_free);
-
-int bind_user_prepare(const char *directory, char **bind_user, uid_t uid_shift, uid_t uid_range, CustomMount **custom_mounts, size_t *n_custom_mounts, BindUserContext **ret);
-
-int bind_user_setup(const BindUserContext *c, const char *root);

src/nspawn/nspawn-gperf.gperf

@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ Files.Overlay,                config_parse_overlay,        0,                 0
 Files.OverlayReadOnly,        config_parse_overlay,        1,                 0
 Files.PrivateUsersChown,      config_parse_userns_chown,   0,                 offsetof(Settings, userns_ownership)
 Files.PrivateUsersOwnership,  config_parse_userns_ownership, 0,               offsetof(Settings, userns_ownership)
-Files.BindUser,               config_parse_bind_user,      0,                 offsetof(Settings, bind_user)
 Network.Private,              config_parse_tristate,       0,                 offsetof(Settings, private_network)
 Network.Interface,            config_parse_strv,           0,                 offsetof(Settings, network_interfaces)
 Network.MACVLAN,              config_parse_strv,           0,                 offsetof(Settings, network_macvlan)

src/nspawn/nspawn-settings.c

@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ Settings* settings_free(Settings *s) {
         rlimit_free_all(s->rlimit);
         free(s->hostname);
         cpu_set_reset(&s->cpu_set);
-        strv_free(s->bind_user);
 
         strv_free(s->network_interfaces);
         strv_free(s->network_macvlan);
@@ -908,51 +907,3 @@ int config_parse_userns_chown(
         *ownership = r ? USER_NAMESPACE_OWNERSHIP_CHOWN : USER_NAMESPACE_OWNERSHIP_OFF;
         return 0;
 }
-
-int config_parse_bind_user(
-                const char *unit,
-                const char *filename,
-                unsigned line,
-                const char *section,
-                unsigned section_line,
-                const char *lvalue,
-                int ltype,
-                const char *rvalue,
-                void *data,
-                void *userdata) {
-
-        char ***bind_user = data;
-        int r;
-
-        assert(rvalue);
-        assert(bind_user);
-
-        if (isempty(rvalue)) {
-                *bind_user = strv_free(*bind_user);
-                return 0;
-        }
-
-        for (const char* p = rvalue;;) {
-                _cleanup_free_ char *word = NULL;
-
-                r = extract_first_word(&p, &word, NULL, 0);
-                if (r == -ENOMEM)
-                        return log_oom();
-                if (r < 0) {
-                        log_syntax(unit, LOG_WARNING, filename, line, r, "Failed to parse BindUser= list, ignoring: %s", rvalue);
-                        return 0;
-                }
-                if (r == 0)
-                        break;
-
-                if (!valid_user_group_name(word, 0)) {
-                        log_syntax(unit, LOG_WARNING, filename, line, 0, "User name '%s' not valid, ignoring.", word);
-                        return 0;
-                }
-
-                if (strv_consume(bind_user, TAKE_PTR(word)) < 0)
-                        return log_oom();
-        }
-
-        return 0;
-}

src/nspawn/nspawn-settings.h

@@ -126,10 +126,9 @@ typedef enum SettingsMask {
         SETTING_CLONE_NS_FLAGS    = UINT64_C(1) << 28,
         SETTING_CONSOLE_MODE      = UINT64_C(1) << 29,
         SETTING_CREDENTIALS       = UINT64_C(1) << 30,
-        SETTING_BIND_USER         = UINT64_C(1) << 31,
+        SETTING_RLIMIT_FIRST      = UINT64_C(1) << 31, /* we define one bit per resource limit here */
-        SETTING_RLIMIT_FIRST      = UINT64_C(1) << 32, /* we define one bit per resource limit here */
+        SETTING_RLIMIT_LAST       = UINT64_C(1) << (31 + _RLIMIT_MAX - 1),
-        SETTING_RLIMIT_LAST       = UINT64_C(1) << (32 + _RLIMIT_MAX - 1),
+        _SETTINGS_MASK_ALL        = (UINT64_C(1) << (31 + _RLIMIT_MAX)) -1,
-        _SETTINGS_MASK_ALL        = (UINT64_C(1) << (32 + _RLIMIT_MAX)) -1,
         _SETTING_FORCE_ENUM_WIDTH = UINT64_MAX
 } SettingsMask;
 
@@ -196,7 +195,6 @@ typedef struct Settings {
         CustomMount *custom_mounts;
         size_t n_custom_mounts;
         UserNamespaceOwnership userns_ownership;
-        char **bind_user;
 
         /* [Network] */
         int private_network;
@@ -268,7 +266,6 @@ CONFIG_PARSER_PROTOTYPE(config_parse_link_journal);
 CONFIG_PARSER_PROTOTYPE(config_parse_timezone);
 CONFIG_PARSER_PROTOTYPE(config_parse_userns_chown);
 CONFIG_PARSER_PROTOTYPE(config_parse_userns_ownership);
-CONFIG_PARSER_PROTOTYPE(config_parse_bind_user);
 
 const char *resolv_conf_mode_to_string(ResolvConfMode a) _const_;
 ResolvConfMode resolv_conf_mode_from_string(const char *s) _pure_;

src/nspawn/nspawn.c

@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
 #include "mountpoint-util.h"
 #include "namespace-util.h"
 #include "netlink-util.h"
-#include "nspawn-bind-user.h"
 #include "nspawn-cgroup.h"
 #include "nspawn-creds.h"
 #include "nspawn-def.h"
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@
 #include "nspawn-settings.h"
 #include "nspawn-setuid.h"
 #include "nspawn-stub-pid1.h"
-#include "nspawn.h"
 #include "nulstr-util.h"
 #include "os-util.h"
 #include "pager.h"
@@ -227,7 +225,6 @@ static char **arg_sysctl = NULL;
 static ConsoleMode arg_console_mode = _CONSOLE_MODE_INVALID;
 static Credential *arg_credentials = NULL;
 static size_t arg_n_credentials = 0;
-static char **arg_bind_user = NULL;
 
 STATIC_DESTRUCTOR_REGISTER(arg_directory, freep);
 STATIC_DESTRUCTOR_REGISTER(arg_template, freep);
@@ -260,7 +257,6 @@ STATIC_DESTRUCTOR_REGISTER(arg_seccomp, seccomp_releasep);
 #endif
 STATIC_DESTRUCTOR_REGISTER(arg_cpu_set, cpu_set_reset);
 STATIC_DESTRUCTOR_REGISTER(arg_sysctl, strv_freep);
-STATIC_DESTRUCTOR_REGISTER(arg_bind_user, strv_freep);
 
 static int handle_arg_console(const char *arg) {
         if (streq(arg, "help")) {
@@ -426,8 +422,7 @@ static int help(void) {
                "                            Create an overlay mount from the host to \n"
                "                            the container\n"
                "     --overlay-ro=PATH[:PATH...]:PATH\n"
-               "                            Similar, but creates a read-only overlay mount\n"
+               "                            Similar, but creates a read-only overlay mount\n\n"
-               "     --bind-user=NAME       Bind user from host to container\n\n"
                "%3$sInput/Output:%4$s\n"
                "     --console=MODE         Select how stdin/stdout/stderr and /dev/console are\n"
                "                            set up for the container.\n"
@@ -711,7 +706,6 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 ARG_NO_PAGER,
                 ARG_SET_CREDENTIAL,
                 ARG_LOAD_CREDENTIAL,
-                ARG_BIND_USER,
         };
 
         static const struct option options[] = {
@@ -783,7 +777,6 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 { "no-pager",               no_argument,       NULL, ARG_NO_PAGER               },
                 { "set-credential",         required_argument, NULL, ARG_SET_CREDENTIAL         },
                 { "load-credential",        required_argument, NULL, ARG_LOAD_CREDENTIAL        },
-                { "bind-user",              required_argument, NULL, ARG_BIND_USER              },
                 {}
         };
 
@@ -1662,16 +1655,6 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         break;
                 }
 
-                case ARG_BIND_USER:
-                        if (!valid_user_group_name(optarg, 0))
-                                return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "Invalid user name to bind: %s", optarg);
-
-                        if (strv_extend(&arg_bind_user, optarg) < 0)
-                                return log_oom();
-
-                        arg_settings_mask |= SETTING_BIND_USER;
-                        break;
-
                 case '?':
                         return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -1828,12 +1811,6 @@ static int verify_arguments(void) {
                         return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "AmbientCapability= setting is not useful for boot mode.");
         }
 
-        if (arg_userns_mode == USER_NAMESPACE_NO && !strv_isempty(arg_bind_user))
-                return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "--bind-user= requires --private-users");
-
-        /* Drop duplicate --bind-user= entries */
-        strv_uniq(arg_bind_user);
-
         r = custom_mount_check_all();
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
@@ -1841,7 +1818,7 @@ static int verify_arguments(void) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-int userns_lchown(const char *p, uid_t uid, gid_t gid) {
+static int userns_lchown(const char *p, uid_t uid, gid_t gid) {
         assert(p);
 
         if (arg_userns_mode == USER_NAMESPACE_NO)
@@ -1870,7 +1847,7 @@ int userns_lchown(const char *p, uid_t uid, gid_t gid) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-int userns_mkdir(const char *root, const char *path, mode_t mode, uid_t uid, gid_t gid) {
+static int userns_mkdir(const char *root, const char *path, mode_t mode, uid_t uid, gid_t gid) {
         const char *q;
         int r;
 
@@ -3591,7 +3568,6 @@ static int outer_child(
                 FDSet *fds,
                 int netns_fd) {
 
-        _cleanup_(bind_user_context_freep) BindUserContext *bind_user_context = NULL;
         _cleanup_strv_free_ char **os_release_pairs = NULL;
         _cleanup_close_ int fd = -1;
         bool idmap = false;
@@ -3739,36 +3715,6 @@ static int outer_child(
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        r = bind_user_prepare(
-                        directory,
-                        arg_bind_user,
-                        arg_uid_shift,
-                        arg_uid_range,
-                        &arg_custom_mounts, &arg_n_custom_mounts,
-                        &bind_user_context);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
-        if (arg_userns_mode != USER_NAMESPACE_NO && bind_user_context) {
-                /* Send the user maps we determined to the parent, so that it installs it in our user namespace UID map table */
-
-                for (size_t i = 0; i < bind_user_context->n_data; i++)  {
-                        uid_t map[] = {
-                                bind_user_context->data[i].payload_user->uid,
-                                bind_user_context->data[i].host_user->uid,
-                                (uid_t) bind_user_context->data[i].payload_group->gid,
-                                (uid_t) bind_user_context->data[i].host_group->gid,
-                        };
-
-                        l = send(uid_shift_socket, map, sizeof(map), MSG_NOSIGNAL);
-                        if (l < 0)
-                                return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to send user UID map: %m");
-                        if (l != sizeof(map))
-                                return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EIO),
-                                                       "Short write while sending user UID map.");
-                }
-        }
-
         r = mount_custom(
                         directory,
                         arg_custom_mounts,
@@ -3885,10 +3831,6 @@ static int outer_child(
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        r = bind_user_setup(bind_user_context, directory);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
         r = mount_custom(
                         directory,
                         arg_custom_mounts,
@@ -4069,96 +4011,21 @@ static int uid_shift_pick(uid_t *shift, LockFile *ret_lock_file) {
         }
 }
 
-static int add_one_uid_map(
+static int setup_uid_map(pid_t pid) {
-                char **p,
+        char uid_map[STRLEN("/proc//uid_map") + DECIMAL_STR_MAX(uid_t) + 1], line[DECIMAL_STR_MAX(uid_t)*3+3+1];
-                uid_t container_uid,
-                uid_t host_uid,
-                uid_t range) {
-
-        return strextendf(p,
-                       UID_FMT " " UID_FMT " " UID_FMT "\n",
-                       container_uid, host_uid, range);
-}
-
-static int make_uid_map_string(
-                const uid_t bind_user_uid[],
-                size_t n_bind_user_uid,
-                size_t offset,
-                char **ret) {
-
-        _cleanup_free_ char *s = NULL;
-        uid_t previous_uid = 0;
-        int r;
-
-        assert(n_bind_user_uid == 0 || bind_user_uid);
-        assert(offset == 0 || offset == 2); /* used to switch between UID and GID map */
-        assert(ret);
-
-        /* The bind_user_uid[] array is a series of 4 uid_t values, for each --bind-user= entry one
-         * quadruplet, consisting of host and container UID + GID. */
-
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < n_bind_user_uid; i++) {
-                uid_t payload_uid = bind_user_uid[i*2+offset],
-                        host_uid = bind_user_uid[i*2+offset+1];
-
-                assert(previous_uid <= payload_uid);
-                assert(payload_uid < arg_uid_range);
-
-                /* Add a range to close the gap to previous entry */
-                if (payload_uid > previous_uid) {
-                        r = add_one_uid_map(&s, previous_uid, arg_uid_shift + previous_uid, payload_uid - previous_uid);
-                        if (r < 0)
-                                return r;
-                }
-
-                /* Map this specific user */
-                r = add_one_uid_map(&s, payload_uid, host_uid, 1);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return r;
-
-                previous_uid = payload_uid + 1;
-        }
-
-        /* And add a range to close the gap to finish the range */
-        if (arg_uid_range > previous_uid) {
-                r = add_one_uid_map(&s, previous_uid, arg_uid_shift + previous_uid, arg_uid_range - previous_uid);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return r;
-        }
-
-        assert(s);
-
-        *ret = TAKE_PTR(s);
-        return 0;
-}
-
-static int setup_uid_map(
-                pid_t pid,
-                const uid_t bind_user_uid[],
-                size_t n_bind_user_uid) {
-
-        char uid_map[STRLEN("/proc//uid_map") + DECIMAL_STR_MAX(uid_t) + 1];
-        _cleanup_free_ char *s = NULL;
         int r;
 
         assert(pid > 1);
 
-        /* Build the UID map string */
-        if (make_uid_map_string(bind_user_uid, n_bind_user_uid, 0, &s) < 0) /* offset=0 contains the UID pair */
-                return log_oom();
-
         xsprintf(uid_map, "/proc/" PID_FMT "/uid_map", pid);
-        r = write_string_file(uid_map, s, WRITE_STRING_FILE_DISABLE_BUFFER);
+        xsprintf(line, UID_FMT " " UID_FMT " " UID_FMT "\n", 0, arg_uid_shift, arg_uid_range);
+        r = write_string_file(uid_map, line, WRITE_STRING_FILE_DISABLE_BUFFER);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to write UID map: %m");
 
-        /* And now build the GID map string */
+        /* We always assign the same UID and GID ranges */
-        s = mfree(s);
-        if (make_uid_map_string(bind_user_uid, n_bind_user_uid, 2, &s) < 0) /* offset=2 contains the GID pair */
-                return log_oom();
-
         xsprintf(uid_map, "/proc/" PID_FMT "/gid_map", pid);
-        r = write_string_file(uid_map, s, WRITE_STRING_FILE_DISABLE_BUFFER);
+        r = write_string_file(uid_map, line, WRITE_STRING_FILE_DISABLE_BUFFER);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to write GID map: %m");
 
@@ -4434,9 +4301,6 @@ static int merge_settings(Settings *settings, const char *path) {
                 }
         }
 
-        if ((arg_settings_mask & SETTING_BIND_USER) == 0)
-                strv_free_and_replace(arg_bind_user, settings->bind_user);
-
         if ((arg_settings_mask & SETTING_NOTIFY_READY) == 0)
                 arg_notify_ready = settings->notify_ready;
 
@@ -4703,8 +4567,6 @@ static int run_container(
         _cleanup_(pty_forward_freep) PTYForward *forward = NULL;
         _cleanup_(sd_netlink_unrefp) sd_netlink *rtnl = NULL;
         _cleanup_(sd_bus_flush_close_unrefp) sd_bus *bus = NULL;
-        _cleanup_free_ uid_t *bind_user_uid = NULL;
-        size_t n_bind_user_uid = 0;
         ContainerStatus container_status = 0;
         int ifi = 0, r;
         ssize_t l;
@@ -4860,26 +4722,6 @@ static int run_container(
                         if (l != sizeof arg_uid_shift)
                                 return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EIO), "Short write while writing UID shift.");
                 }
-
-                n_bind_user_uid = strv_length(arg_bind_user);
-                if (n_bind_user_uid > 0) {
-                        /* Right after the UID shift, we'll receive the list of UID mappings for the
-                         * --bind-user= logic. Always a quadruplet of payload and host UID + GID. */
-
-                        bind_user_uid = new(uid_t, n_bind_user_uid*4);
-                        if (!bind_user_uid)
-                                return log_oom();
-
-                        for (size_t i = 0; i < n_bind_user_uid; i++) {
-                                l = recv(uid_shift_socket_pair[0], bind_user_uid + i*4, sizeof(uid_t)*4, 0);
-                                if (l < 0)
-                                        return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to read user UID map pair: %m");
-                                if (l != sizeof(uid_t)*4)
-                                        return log_full_errno(l == 0 ? LOG_DEBUG : LOG_WARNING,
-                                                              SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EIO),
-                                                              "Short read while reading bind user UID pairs.");
-                        }
-                }
         }
 
         if (arg_unified_cgroup_hierarchy == CGROUP_UNIFIED_UNKNOWN) {
@@ -4925,7 +4767,7 @@ static int run_container(
                 if (!barrier_place_and_sync(&barrier)) /* #1 */
                         return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(ESRCH), "Child died too early.");
 
-                r = setup_uid_map(*pid, bind_user_uid, n_bind_user_uid);
+                r = setup_uid_map(*pid);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
 

src/nspawn/nspawn.h

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
-#pragma once
-
-#include <sys/types.h>
-
-int userns_lchown(const char *p, uid_t uid, gid_t gid);
-int userns_mkdir(const char *root, const char *path, mode_t mode, uid_t uid, gid_t gid);

src/shared/user-record.c

@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ int user_group_record_mangle(
         if (FLAGS_SET(load_flags, USER_RECORD_REQUIRE_REGULAR) && !FLAGS_SET(m, USER_RECORD_REGULAR))
                 return json_log(v, json_flags, SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EBADMSG), "Record lacks basic identity fields, which are required.");
 
-        if (!FLAGS_SET(load_flags, USER_RECORD_EMPTY_OK) && m == 0)
+        if (m == 0)
                 return json_log(v, json_flags, SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EBADMSG), "Record is empty.");
 
         if (w)

src/shared/user-record.h

@@ -169,9 +169,6 @@ typedef enum UserRecordLoadFlags {
 
         /* Whether to ignore errors and load what we can */
         USER_RECORD_PERMISSIVE          = 1U << 29,
-
-        /* Whether an empty record is OK */
-        USER_RECORD_EMPTY_OK            = 1U << 30,
 } UserRecordLoadFlags;
 
 static inline UserRecordLoadFlags USER_RECORD_REQUIRE(UserRecordMask m) {

src/test/test-terminal-util.c

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "alloc-util.h"
@@ -154,29 +153,6 @@ static void test_text(void) {
         }
 }
 
-static void test_get_ctty(void) {
-        _cleanup_free_ char *ctty = NULL;
-        struct stat st;
-        dev_t devnr;
-        int r;
-
-        r = get_ctty(0, &devnr, &ctty);
-        if (r < 0) {
-                log_notice_errno(r, "Apparently called without a controlling TTY, cutting get_ctty() test short: %m");
-                return;
-        }
-
-        /* In almost all cases STDIN will match our controlling TTY. Let's verify that and then compare paths */
-        assert_se(fstat(STDIN_FILENO, &st) >= 0);
-        if (S_ISCHR(st.st_mode) && st.st_rdev == devnr) {
-                _cleanup_free_ char *stdin_name = NULL;
-
-                assert_se(getttyname_malloc(STDIN_FILENO, &stdin_name) >= 0);
-                assert_se(path_equal(stdin_name, ctty));
-        } else
-                log_notice("Not invoked with stdin == ctty, cutting get_ctty() test short");
-}
-
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         test_setup_logging(LOG_INFO);
 
@@ -185,7 +161,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         test_getttyname_malloc();
         test_colors();
         test_text();
-        test_get_ctty();
 
         return 0;
 }