TODO

@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ Features:
   - in systemd's PAMName= logic: query passwords with ssh-askpassword, so that we can make "loginctl set-linger" mode work
   - fingerprint authentication, pattern authentication, …
   - make sure "classic" user records can also be managed by homed
+  - description field for groups
   - make size of $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR configurable in user record
   - reuse pwquality magic in firstboot
   - query password from kernel keyring first

docs/GROUP_RECORD.md

@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ UNIX/glibc NSS `struct group`, or the shadow structure `struct sgrp`'s
 `realm` → The "realm" the group belongs to, conceptually identical to the same
 field of user records. A string in DNS domain name syntax.
 
-`description` → A descriptive string for the group. This is similar to the
-`realName` field of user records, and accepts arbitrary strings, as long as
-they follow the same GECOS syntax requirements as `realName`.
-
 `disposition` → The disposition of the group, conceptually identical to the
 same field of user records. A string.
 

docs/USER_RECORD.md

@@ -221,14 +221,12 @@ optional, when unset the user should not be considered part of any realm. A
 user record with a realm set is never compatible (for the purpose of updates,
 see above) with a user record without one set, even if the `userName` field matches.
 
-`realName` → The real name of the user, a string. This should contain the
+`realName` → The real name of the user, a string. This should contain the user's
-user's real ("human") name, and corresponds loosely to the GECOS field of
+real ("human") name, and corresponds loosely to the GECOS field of classic UNIX
-classic UNIX user records. When converting a `struct passwd` to a JSON user
+user records. When converting a `struct passwd` to a JSON user record this
-record this field is initialized from GECOS (i.e. the `pw_gecos` field), and
+field is initialized from GECOS (i.e. the `pw_gecos` field), and vice versa
-vice versa when converting back. That said, unlike GECOS this field is supposed
+when converting back. That said, unlike GECOS this field is supposed to contain
-to contain only the real name and no other information. This field must not
+only the real name and no other information.
-contain control characters (such as `\n`) or colons (`:`), since those are used
-as record separators in classic `/etc/passwd` files and similar formats.
 
 `emailAddress` → The email address of the user, formatted as
 string. [`pam_systemd`](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/pam_systemd.html)

src/core/core-varlink.c

@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ static int build_group_json(const char *group_name, gid_t gid, JsonVariant **ret
         return json_build(ret, JSON_BUILD_OBJECT(
                                    JSON_BUILD_PAIR("record", JSON_BUILD_OBJECT(
                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR("groupName", JSON_BUILD_STRING(group_name)),
-                                       JSON_BUILD_PAIR("description", JSON_BUILD_STRING("Dynamic Group")),
                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR("gid", JSON_BUILD_UNSIGNED(gid)),
                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR("service", JSON_BUILD_STRING("io.systemd.DynamicUser")),
                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR("disposition", JSON_BUILD_STRING("dynamic"))))));

src/home/user-record-util.c

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ int user_record_synthesize(
 }
 
 int group_record_synthesize(GroupRecord *g, UserRecord *h) {
-        _cleanup_free_ char *un = NULL, *rr = NULL, *group_name_and_realm = NULL, *description = NULL;
+        _cleanup_free_ char *un = NULL, *rr = NULL, *group_name_and_realm = NULL;
         char smid[SD_ID128_STRING_MAX];
         sd_id128_t mid;
         int r;
@@ -133,15 +133,10 @@ int group_record_synthesize(GroupRecord *g, UserRecord *h) {
                         return -ENOMEM;
         }
 
-        description = strjoin("Primary Group of User ", un);
-        if (!description)
-                return -ENOMEM;
-
         r = json_build(&g->json,
                        JSON_BUILD_OBJECT(
                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR("groupName", JSON_BUILD_STRING(un)),
                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR_CONDITION(!!rr, "realm", JSON_BUILD_STRING(rr)),
-                                       JSON_BUILD_PAIR("description", JSON_BUILD_STRING(description)),
                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR("binding", JSON_BUILD_OBJECT(
                                                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR(sd_id128_to_string(mid, smid), JSON_BUILD_OBJECT(
                                                                                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR("gid", JSON_BUILD_UNSIGNED(user_record_gid(h))))))),

src/machine/machined-varlink.c

@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ static int user_lookup_name(Manager *m, const char *name, uid_t *ret_uid, char *
         int r;
 
         assert(m);
-        assert(ret_uid);
-        assert(ret_real_name);
 
         if (!valid_user_group_name(name, 0))
                 return -ESRCH;
@@ -188,7 +186,7 @@ static int vl_method_get_user_record(Varlink *link, JsonVariant *parameters, Var
         return varlink_reply(link, v);
 }
 
-static int build_group_json(const char *group_name, gid_t gid, const char *description, JsonVariant **ret) {
+static int build_group_json(const char *group_name, gid_t gid, JsonVariant **ret) {
         assert(group_name);
         assert(gid_is_valid(gid));
         assert(ret);
@@ -197,7 +195,6 @@ static int build_group_json(const char *group_name, gid_t gid, const char *descr
                                    JSON_BUILD_PAIR("record", JSON_BUILD_OBJECT(
                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR("groupName", JSON_BUILD_STRING(group_name)),
                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR("gid", JSON_BUILD_UNSIGNED(gid)),
-                                       JSON_BUILD_PAIR_CONDITION(!isempty(description), "description", JSON_BUILD_STRING(description)),
                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR("service", JSON_BUILD_STRING("io.systemd.Machine")),
                                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR("disposition", JSON_BUILD_STRING("container"))))));
     }
@@ -214,8 +211,8 @@ static bool group_match_lookup_parameters(LookupParameters *p, const char *name,
         return true;
 }
 
-static int group_lookup_gid(Manager *m, gid_t gid, char **ret_name, char **ret_description) {
+static int group_lookup_gid(Manager *m, gid_t gid, char **ret_name) {
-        _cleanup_free_ char *n = NULL, *d = NULL;
+        _cleanup_free_ char *n = NULL;
         gid_t converted_gid;
         Machine *machine;
         int r;
@@ -223,7 +220,6 @@ static int group_lookup_gid(Manager *m, gid_t gid, char **ret_name, char **ret_d
         assert(m);
         assert(gid_is_valid(gid));
         assert(ret_name);
-        assert(ret_description);
 
         if (gid < 0x10000) /* Host GID range */
                 return -ESRCH;
@@ -240,27 +236,18 @@ static int group_lookup_gid(Manager *m, gid_t gid, char **ret_name, char **ret_d
         if (!valid_user_group_name(n, 0))
                 return -ESRCH;
 
-        if (asprintf(&d, "GID " GID_FMT " of Container %s", converted_gid, machine->name) < 0)
-                return -ENOMEM;
-        if (!valid_gecos(d))
-                d = mfree(d);
-
         *ret_name = TAKE_PTR(n);
-        *ret_description = TAKE_PTR(d);
-
         return 0;
 }
 
-static int group_lookup_name(Manager *m, const char *name, gid_t *ret_gid, char **ret_description) {
+static int group_lookup_name(Manager *m, const char *name, gid_t *ret_gid) {
-        _cleanup_free_ char *mn = NULL, *desc = NULL;
+        _cleanup_free_ char *mn = NULL;
         gid_t gid, converted_gid;
         Machine *machine;
         const char *e, *d;
         int r;
 
         assert(m);
-        assert(ret_gid);
-        assert(ret_description);
 
         if (!valid_user_group_name(name, 0))
                 return -ESRCH;
@@ -291,13 +278,7 @@ static int group_lookup_name(Manager *m, const char *name, gid_t *ret_gid, char
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        if (asprintf(&desc, "GID " GID_FMT " of Container %s", gid, machine->name) < 0)
-                return -ENOMEM;
-        if (!valid_gecos(desc))
-                desc = mfree(desc);
-
         *ret_gid = converted_gid;
-        *ret_description = desc;
         return 0;
 }
 
@@ -314,7 +295,7 @@ static int vl_method_get_group_record(Varlink *link, JsonVariant *parameters, Va
         LookupParameters p = {
                 .gid = GID_INVALID,
         };
-        _cleanup_free_ char *found_name = NULL, *found_description = NULL;
+        _cleanup_free_ char *found_name = NULL;
         uid_t found_gid = GID_INVALID, gid;
         Manager *m = userdata;
         const char *gn;
@@ -331,9 +312,9 @@ static int vl_method_get_group_record(Varlink *link, JsonVariant *parameters, Va
                 return varlink_error(link, "io.systemd.UserDatabase.BadService", NULL);
 
         if (gid_is_valid(p.gid))
-                r = group_lookup_gid(m, p.gid, &found_name, &found_description);
+                r = group_lookup_gid(m, p.gid, &found_name);
         else if (p.group_name)
-                r = group_lookup_name(m, p.group_name, (uid_t*) &found_gid, &found_description);
+                r = group_lookup_name(m, p.group_name, (uid_t*) &found_gid);
         else
                 return varlink_error(link, "io.systemd.UserDatabase.EnumerationNotSupported", NULL);
         if (r == -ESRCH)
@@ -347,7 +328,7 @@ static int vl_method_get_group_record(Varlink *link, JsonVariant *parameters, Va
         if (!group_match_lookup_parameters(&p, gn, gid))
                 return varlink_error(link, "io.systemd.UserDatabase.ConflictingRecordFound", NULL);
 
-        r = build_group_json(gn, gid, found_description, &v);
+        r = build_group_json(gn, gid, &v);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 

src/shared/group-record-show.c

@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ void group_record_show(GroupRecord *gr, bool show_full_user_info) {
                 }
         }
 
-        if (gr->description && !streq(gr->description, gr->group_name))
-                printf(" Description: %s\n", gr->description);
-
         if (!strv_isempty(gr->hashed_password))
                 printf("   Passwords: %zu\n", strv_length(gr->hashed_password));
 

src/shared/group-record.c

@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ static GroupRecord *group_record_free(GroupRecord *g) {
         free(g->group_name);
         free(g->realm);
         free(g->group_name_and_realm_auto);
-        free(g->description);
 
         strv_free(g->members);
         free(g->service);
@@ -193,7 +192,6 @@ int group_record_load(
         static const JsonDispatch group_dispatch_table[] = {
                 { "groupName",      JSON_VARIANT_STRING,   json_dispatch_user_group_name,  offsetof(GroupRecord, group_name),       JSON_RELAX},
                 { "realm",          JSON_VARIANT_STRING,   json_dispatch_realm,            offsetof(GroupRecord, realm),            0         },
-                { "description",    JSON_VARIANT_STRING,   json_dispatch_gecos,            offsetof(GroupRecord, description),      0         },
                 { "disposition",    JSON_VARIANT_STRING,   json_dispatch_user_disposition, offsetof(GroupRecord, disposition),      0         },
                 { "service",        JSON_VARIANT_STRING,   json_dispatch_string,           offsetof(GroupRecord, service),          JSON_SAFE },
                 { "lastChangeUSec", JSON_VARIANT_UNSIGNED, json_dispatch_uint64,           offsetof(GroupRecord, last_change_usec), 0         },

src/shared/group-record.h

@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ typedef struct GroupRecord {
         char *realm;
         char *group_name_and_realm_auto;
 
-        char *description;
-
         UserDisposition disposition;
         uint64_t last_change_usec;
 

src/shared/user-record.c

@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ int json_dispatch_realm(const char *name, JsonVariant *variant, JsonDispatchFlag
         return 0;
 }
 
-int json_dispatch_gecos(const char *name, JsonVariant *variant, JsonDispatchFlags flags, void *userdata) {
+static int json_dispatch_gecos(const char *name, JsonVariant *variant, JsonDispatchFlags flags, void *userdata) {
         char **s = userdata;
         const char *n;
 

src/shared/user-record.h

@@ -388,7 +388,6 @@ int user_record_test_password_change_required(UserRecord *h);
 
 /* The following six are user by group-record.c, that's why we export them here */
 int json_dispatch_realm(const char *name, JsonVariant *variant, JsonDispatchFlags flags, void *userdata);
-int json_dispatch_gecos(const char *name, JsonVariant *variant, JsonDispatchFlags flags, void *userdata);
 int json_dispatch_user_group_list(const char *name, JsonVariant *variant, JsonDispatchFlags flags, void *userdata);
 int json_dispatch_user_disposition(const char *name, JsonVariant *variant, JsonDispatchFlags flags, void *userdata);
 

src/userdb/userdbctl.c

@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ static int show_group(GroupRecord *gr, Table *table) {
                                 TABLE_STRING, gr->group_name,
                                 TABLE_STRING, user_disposition_to_string(group_record_disposition(gr)),
                                 TABLE_GID, gr->gid,
-                                TABLE_STRING, gr->description,
                                 TABLE_INT, (int) group_record_disposition(gr));
                 if (r < 0)
                         return table_log_add_error(r);
@@ -256,14 +255,13 @@ static int display_group(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
                 arg_output = argc > 1 ? OUTPUT_FRIENDLY : OUTPUT_TABLE;
 
         if (arg_output == OUTPUT_TABLE) {
-                table = table_new("name", "disposition", "gid", "description", "disposition-numeric");
+                table = table_new("name", "disposition", "gid", "disposition-numeric");
                 if (!table)
                         return log_oom();
 
                 (void) table_set_align_percent(table, table_get_cell(table, 0, 2), 100);
-                (void) table_set_empty_string(table, "-");
                 (void) table_set_sort(table, (size_t) 3, (size_t) 2, (size_t) -1);
-                (void) table_set_display(table, (size_t) 0, (size_t) 1, (size_t) 2, (size_t) 3, (size_t) -1);
+                (void) table_set_display(table, (size_t) 0, (size_t) 1, (size_t) 2, (size_t) -1);
         }
 
         if (argc > 1) {

units/systemd-volatile-root.service.in

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Description=Enforce Volatile Root File Systems
 Documentation=man:systemd-volatile-root.service(8)
 DefaultDependencies=no
 Conflicts=shutdown.target
-After=sysroot.mount systemd-repart.service
+After=sysroot.mount
 Before=initrd-root-fs.target shutdown.target
 AssertPathExists=/etc/initrd-release