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| -rw-r--r-- | guix/scripts/environment.scm | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/environment.scm b/guix/scripts/environment.scm index 1b3b1312ea3..b2e715c6ddd 100644 --- a/guix/scripts/environment.scm +++ b/guix/scripts/environment.scm @@ -828,7 +828,13 @@ WHILE-LIST." (let* ((cwd (getcwd)) (home (getenv "HOME")) (uid (if user 1000 (getuid))) - (gid (if user 1000 (getgid))) + (gid (if user + 1000 + ;; When running as root, always map a non-zero GID + ;; or writing to 'gid_map' would fail with EPERM. + (match (getgid) + (0 1000) + (gid gid)))) ;; On a foreign distro, the name service switch might be ;; dysfunctional and 'getpwuid' throws. Don't let that hamper |