nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/system/nscd.nix

{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:

with lib;

let

  nssModulesPath = config.system.nssModules.path;
  cfg = config.services.nscd;

in

{

  ###### interface

  options = {

    services.nscd = {

      enable = mkOption {
        type = types.bool;
        default = true;
        description = lib.mdDoc ''
          Whether to enable the Name Service Cache Daemon.
          Disabling this is strongly discouraged, as this effectively disables NSS Lookups
          from all non-glibc NSS modules, including the ones provided by systemd.
        '';
      };

      enableNsncd = mkOption {
        type = types.bool;
        default = false;
        description = lib.mdDoc ''
          Whether to use nsncd instead of nscd.
          This is a nscd-compatible daemon, that proxies lookups, without any caching.
        '';
      };

      user = mkOption {
        type = types.str;
        default = "nscd";
        description = lib.mdDoc ''
          User account under which nscd runs.
        '';
      };

      group = mkOption {
        type = types.str;
        default = "nscd";
        description = lib.mdDoc ''
          User group under which nscd runs.
        '';
      };

      config = mkOption {
        type = types.lines;
        default = builtins.readFile ./nscd.conf;
        description = lib.mdDoc "Configuration to use for Name Service Cache Daemon.";
      };

      package = mkOption {
        type = types.package;
        default =
          if pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == "glibc"
          then pkgs.stdenv.cc.libc.bin
          else pkgs.glibc.bin;
        defaultText = lib.literalExpression ''
          if pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == "glibc"
            then pkgs.stdenv.cc.libc.bin
            else pkgs.glibc.bin;
        '';
        description = lib.mdDoc ''
          package containing the nscd binary to be used by the service.
          Ignored when enableNsncd is set to true.
        '';
      };

    };

  };


  ###### implementation

  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
    environment.etc."nscd.conf".text = cfg.config;

    users.users.${cfg.user} = {
      isSystemUser = true;
      group = cfg.group;
    };

    users.groups.${cfg.group} = { };

    systemd.services.nscd =
      {
        description = "Name Service Cache Daemon"
          + lib.optionalString cfg.enableNsncd " (nsncd)";

        before = [ "nss-lookup.target" "nss-user-lookup.target" ];
        wants = [ "nss-lookup.target" "nss-user-lookup.target" ];
        wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
        requiredBy = [ "nss-lookup.target" "nss-user-lookup.target" ];

        environment = { LD_LIBRARY_PATH = nssModulesPath; };

        restartTriggers = lib.optionals (!cfg.enableNsncd) ([
          config.environment.etc.hosts.source
          config.environment.etc."nsswitch.conf".source
          config.environment.etc."nscd.conf".source
        ] ++ optionals config.users.mysql.enable [
          config.environment.etc."libnss-mysql.cfg".source
          config.environment.etc."libnss-mysql-root.cfg".source
        ]);

        # In some configurations, nscd needs to be started as root; it will
        # drop privileges after all the NSS modules have read their
        # configuration files. So prefix the ExecStart command with "!" to
        # prevent systemd from dropping privileges early. See ExecStart in
        # systemd.service(5). We use a static user, because some NSS modules
        # sill want to read their configuration files after the privilege drop
        # and so users can set the owner of those files to the nscd user.
        serviceConfig =
          {
            ExecStart =
              if cfg.enableNsncd then "${pkgs.nsncd}/bin/nsncd"
              else "!@${cfg.package}/bin/nscd nscd";
            Type = if cfg.enableNsncd then "notify" else "forking";
            User = cfg.user;
            Group = cfg.group;
            RemoveIPC = true;
            PrivateTmp = true;
            NoNewPrivileges = true;
            RestrictSUIDSGID = true;
            ProtectSystem = "strict";
            ProtectHome = "read-only";
            RuntimeDirectory = "nscd";
            PIDFile = "/run/nscd/nscd.pid";
            Restart = "always";
            ExecReload =
              lib.optionals (!cfg.enableNsncd) [
                "${cfg.package}/bin/nscd --invalidate passwd"
                "${cfg.package}/bin/nscd --invalidate group"
                "${cfg.package}/bin/nscd --invalidate hosts"
              ];
          };
      };
  };
}