release: 0.2.2

Unfortunately removal of internal/hlog brought about some changes that breaks API. This will likely be the last 0.2.x release.

Signed-off-by: Ophestra <cat@gensokyo.uk>

.gitea/workflows/test.yml

@@ -73,20 +73,20 @@ jobs:
           path: result/*
           retention-days: 1
 
-  planterette:
-    name: Planterette
+  hpkg:
+    name: Hpkg
     runs-on: nix
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Run NixOS test
-        run: nix build --out-link "result" --print-out-paths --print-build-logs .#checks.x86_64-linux.planterette
+        run: nix build --out-link "result" --print-out-paths --print-build-logs .#checks.x86_64-linux.hpkg
 
       - name: Upload test output
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: "planterette-vm-output"
+          name: "hpkg-vm-output"
           path: result/*
           retention-days: 1
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
       - race
       - sandbox
       - sandbox-race
-      - planterette
+      - hpkg
     runs-on: nix
     steps:
       - name: Checkout

.github/workflows/README

@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-This port is solely for releasing to the github mirror and serves no purpose during development.
+DO NOT ADD NEW ACTIONS HERE
+
+This port is solely for releasing to the github mirror and serves no purpose during development.
+All development happens at https://git.gensokyo.uk/security/hakurei. If you wish to contribute,
+request for an account on git.gensokyo.uk.

.gitignore

@@ -29,4 +29,7 @@ go.work.sum
 /cmd/hakurei/LICENSE
 
 # release
-/dist/hakurei-*
+/dist/hakurei-*
+
+# interactive nixos vm
+nixos.qcow2

README.md

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 </p>
 
 Hakurei is a tool for running sandboxed graphical applications as dedicated subordinate users on the Linux kernel.
-It also implements [planterette (WIP)](cmd/planterette), a self-contained Android-like package manager with modern security features.
+It implements the application container of [planterette (WIP)](https://git.gensokyo.uk/security/planterette),
+a self-contained Android-like package manager with modern security features.
 
 ## NixOS Module usage
 

cmd/hakurei/command.go

@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"log"
 	"os"
-	"os/signal"
 	"os/user"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
-	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"hakurei.app/command"
+	"hakurei.app/container"
 	"hakurei.app/hst"
 	"hakurei.app/internal"
 	"hakurei.app/internal/app"
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"hakurei.app/system/dbus"
 )
 
-func buildCommand(out io.Writer) command.Command {
+func buildCommand(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer) command.Command {
 	var (
 		flagVerbose bool
 		flagJSON    bool
@@ -43,35 +42,35 @@ func buildCommand(out io.Writer) command.Command {
 		config := tryPath(args[0])
 		config.Args = append(config.Args, args[1:]...)
 
-		runApp(config)
+		app.Main(ctx, config)
 		panic("unreachable")
 	})
 
 	{
 		var (
-			dbusConfigSession string
-			dbusConfigSystem  string
-			mpris             bool
-			dbusVerbose       bool
+			flagDBusConfigSession string
+			flagDBusConfigSystem  string
+			flagDBusMpris         bool
+			flagDBusVerbose       bool
 
-			fid      string
-			aid      int
-			groups   command.RepeatableFlag
-			homeDir  string
-			userName string
+			flagID       string
+			flagIdentity int
+			flagGroups   command.RepeatableFlag
+			flagHomeDir  string
+			flagUserName string
 
-			wayland, x11, dBus, pulse bool
+			flagWayland, flagX11, flagDBus, flagPulse bool
 		)
 
 		c.NewCommand("run", "Configure and start a permissive default sandbox", func(args []string) error {
 			// initialise config from flags
 			config := &hst.Config{
-				ID:   fid,
+				ID:   flagID,
 				Args: args,
 			}
 
-			if aid < 0 || aid > 9999 {
-				log.Fatalf("aid %d out of range", aid)
+			if flagIdentity < 0 || flagIdentity > 9999 {
+				log.Fatalf("identity %d out of range", flagIdentity)
 			}
 
 			// resolve home/username from os when flag is unset
@@ -79,14 +78,7 @@ func buildCommand(out io.Writer) command.Command {
 				passwd     *user.User
 				passwdOnce sync.Once
 				passwdFunc = func() {
-					var us string
-					if uid, err := std.Uid(aid); err != nil {
-						hlog.PrintBaseError(err, "cannot obtain uid from setuid wrapper:")
-						os.Exit(1)
-					} else {
-						us = strconv.Itoa(uid)
-					}
-
+					us := strconv.Itoa(app.HsuUid(new(app.Hsu).MustID(), flagIdentity))
 					if u, err := user.LookupId(us); err != nil {
 						hlog.Verbosef("cannot look up uid %s", us)
 						passwd = &user.User{
@@ -94,7 +86,7 @@ func buildCommand(out io.Writer) command.Command {
 							Gid:      us,
 							Username: "chronos",
 							Name:     "Hakurei Permissive Default",
-							HomeDir:  "/var/empty",
+							HomeDir:  container.FHSVarEmpty,
 						}
 					} else {
 						passwd = u
@@ -102,119 +94,136 @@ func buildCommand(out io.Writer) command.Command {
 				}
 			)
 
-			if homeDir == "os" {
+			if flagHomeDir == "os" {
 				passwdOnce.Do(passwdFunc)
-				homeDir = passwd.HomeDir
+				flagHomeDir = passwd.HomeDir
 			}
 
-			if userName == "chronos" {
+			if flagUserName == "chronos" {
 				passwdOnce.Do(passwdFunc)
-				userName = passwd.Username
+				flagUserName = passwd.Username
 			}
 
-			config.Identity = aid
-			config.Groups = groups
-			config.Data = homeDir
-			config.Username = userName
+			config.Identity = flagIdentity
+			config.Groups = flagGroups
+			config.Username = flagUserName
 
-			if wayland {
-				config.Enablements |= system.EWayland
+			if a, err := container.NewAbs(flagHomeDir); err != nil {
+				log.Fatal(err.Error())
+				return err
+			} else {
+				config.Home = a
 			}
-			if x11 {
-				config.Enablements |= system.EX11
+
+			var e system.Enablement
+			if flagWayland {
+				e |= system.EWayland
 			}
-			if dBus {
-				config.Enablements |= system.EDBus
+			if flagX11 {
+				e |= system.EX11
 			}
-			if pulse {
-				config.Enablements |= system.EPulse
+			if flagDBus {
+				e |= system.EDBus
 			}
+			if flagPulse {
+				e |= system.EPulse
+			}
+			config.Enablements = hst.NewEnablements(e)
 
 			// parse D-Bus config file from flags if applicable
-			if dBus {
-				if dbusConfigSession == "builtin" {
-					config.SessionBus = dbus.NewConfig(fid, true, mpris)
+			if flagDBus {
+				if flagDBusConfigSession == "builtin" {
+					config.SessionBus = dbus.NewConfig(flagID, true, flagDBusMpris)
 				} else {
-					if conf, err := dbus.NewConfigFromFile(dbusConfigSession); err != nil {
-						log.Fatalf("cannot load session bus proxy config from %q: %s", dbusConfigSession, err)
+					if conf, err := dbus.NewConfigFromFile(flagDBusConfigSession); err != nil {
+						log.Fatalf("cannot load session bus proxy config from %q: %s", flagDBusConfigSession, err)
 					} else {
 						config.SessionBus = conf
 					}
 				}
 
 				// system bus proxy is optional
-				if dbusConfigSystem != "nil" {
-					if conf, err := dbus.NewConfigFromFile(dbusConfigSystem); err != nil {
-						log.Fatalf("cannot load system bus proxy config from %q: %s", dbusConfigSystem, err)
+				if flagDBusConfigSystem != "nil" {
+					if conf, err := dbus.NewConfigFromFile(flagDBusConfigSystem); err != nil {
+						log.Fatalf("cannot load system bus proxy config from %q: %s", flagDBusConfigSystem, err)
 					} else {
 						config.SystemBus = conf
 					}
 				}
 
 				// override log from configuration
-				if dbusVerbose {
-					config.SessionBus.Log = true
-					config.SystemBus.Log = true
+				if flagDBusVerbose {
+					if config.SessionBus != nil {
+						config.SessionBus.Log = true
+					}
+					if config.SystemBus != nil {
+						config.SystemBus.Log = true
+					}
 				}
 			}
 
-			// invoke app
-			runApp(config)
+			app.Main(ctx, config)
 			panic("unreachable")
 		}).
-			Flag(&dbusConfigSession, "dbus-config", command.StringFlag("builtin"),
+			Flag(&flagDBusConfigSession, "dbus-config", command.StringFlag("builtin"),
 				"Path to session bus proxy config file, or \"builtin\" for defaults").
-			Flag(&dbusConfigSystem, "dbus-system", command.StringFlag("nil"),
+			Flag(&flagDBusConfigSystem, "dbus-system", command.StringFlag("nil"),
 				"Path to system bus proxy config file, or \"nil\" to disable").
-			Flag(&mpris, "mpris", command.BoolFlag(false),
+			Flag(&flagDBusMpris, "mpris", command.BoolFlag(false),
 				"Allow owning MPRIS D-Bus path, has no effect if custom config is available").
-			Flag(&dbusVerbose, "dbus-log", command.BoolFlag(false),
+			Flag(&flagDBusVerbose, "dbus-log", command.BoolFlag(false),
 				"Force buffered logging in the D-Bus proxy").
-			Flag(&fid, "id", command.StringFlag(""),
+			Flag(&flagID, "id", command.StringFlag(""),
 				"Reverse-DNS style Application identifier, leave empty to inherit instance identifier").
-			Flag(&aid, "a", command.IntFlag(0),
+			Flag(&flagIdentity, "a", command.IntFlag(0),
 				"Application identity").
-			Flag(nil, "g", &groups,
+			Flag(nil, "g", &flagGroups,
 				"Groups inherited by all container processes").
-			Flag(&homeDir, "d", command.StringFlag("os"),
+			Flag(&flagHomeDir, "d", command.StringFlag("os"),
 				"Container home directory").
-			Flag(&userName, "u", command.StringFlag("chronos"),
+			Flag(&flagUserName, "u", command.StringFlag("chronos"),
 				"Passwd user name within sandbox").
-			Flag(&wayland, "wayland", command.BoolFlag(false),
+			Flag(&flagWayland, "wayland", command.BoolFlag(false),
 				"Enable connection to Wayland via security-context-v1").
-			Flag(&x11, "X", command.BoolFlag(false),
+			Flag(&flagX11, "X", command.BoolFlag(false),
 				"Enable direct connection to X11").
-			Flag(&dBus, "dbus", command.BoolFlag(false),
+			Flag(&flagDBus, "dbus", command.BoolFlag(false),
 				"Enable proxied connection to D-Bus").
-			Flag(&pulse, "pulse", command.BoolFlag(false),
+			Flag(&flagPulse, "pulse", command.BoolFlag(false),
 				"Enable direct connection to PulseAudio")
 	}
 
-	var showFlagShort bool
-	c.NewCommand("show", "Show live or local app configuration", func(args []string) error {
-		switch len(args) {
-		case 0: // system
-			printShowSystem(os.Stdout, showFlagShort, flagJSON)
+	{
+		var flagShort bool
+		c.NewCommand("show", "Show live or local app configuration", func(args []string) error {
+			switch len(args) {
+			case 0: // system
+				printShowSystem(os.Stdout, flagShort, flagJSON)
 
-		case 1: // instance
-			name := args[0]
-			config, entry := tryShort(name)
-			if config == nil {
-				config = tryPath(name)
+			case 1: // instance
+				name := args[0]
+				config, entry := tryShort(name)
+				if config == nil {
+					config = tryPath(name)
+				}
+				printShowInstance(os.Stdout, time.Now().UTC(), entry, config, flagShort, flagJSON)
+
+			default:
+				log.Fatal("show requires 1 argument")
 			}
-			printShowInstance(os.Stdout, time.Now().UTC(), entry, config, showFlagShort, flagJSON)
+			return errSuccess
+		}).Flag(&flagShort, "short", command.BoolFlag(false), "Omit filesystem information")
+	}
 
-		default:
-			log.Fatal("show requires 1 argument")
-		}
-		return errSuccess
-	}).Flag(&showFlagShort, "short", command.BoolFlag(false), "Omit filesystem information")
-
-	var psFlagShort bool
-	c.NewCommand("ps", "List active instances", func(args []string) error {
-		printPs(os.Stdout, time.Now().UTC(), state.NewMulti(std.Paths().RunDirPath), psFlagShort, flagJSON)
-		return errSuccess
-	}).Flag(&psFlagShort, "short", command.BoolFlag(false), "Print instance id")
+	{
+		var flagShort bool
+		c.NewCommand("ps", "List active instances", func(args []string) error {
+			var sc hst.Paths
+			app.CopyPaths(&sc, new(app.Hsu).MustID())
+			printPs(os.Stdout, time.Now().UTC(), state.NewMulti(sc.RunDirPath.String()), flagShort, flagJSON)
+			return errSuccess
+		}).Flag(&flagShort, "short", command.BoolFlag(false), "Print instance id")
+	}
 
 	c.Command("version", "Display version information", func(args []string) error {
 		fmt.Println(internal.Version())
@@ -238,20 +247,3 @@ func buildCommand(out io.Writer) command.Command {
 
 	return c
 }
-
-func runApp(config *hst.Config) {
-	ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(),
-		syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
-	defer stop() // unreachable
-	a := app.MustNew(ctx, std)
-
-	rs := new(app.RunState)
-	if sa, err := a.Seal(config); err != nil {
-		hlog.PrintBaseError(err, "cannot seal app:")
-		internal.Exit(1)
-	} else {
-		internal.Exit(app.PrintRunStateErr(rs, sa.Run(rs)))
-	}
-
-	*(*int)(nil) = 0 // not reached
-}

cmd/hakurei/command_test.go

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Flags:
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			out := new(bytes.Buffer)
-			c := buildCommand(out)
+			c := buildCommand(t.Context(), out)
 			if err := c.Parse(tc.args); !errors.Is(err, command.ErrHelp) && !errors.Is(err, flag.ErrHelp) {
 				t.Errorf("Parse: error = %v; want %v",
 					err, command.ErrHelp)

cmd/hakurei/main.go

@@ -4,15 +4,17 @@ package main
 //go:generate cp ../../LICENSE .
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	_ "embed"
 	"errors"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"syscall"
 
 	"hakurei.app/container"
 	"hakurei.app/internal"
 	"hakurei.app/internal/hlog"
-	"hakurei.app/internal/sys"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -24,12 +26,15 @@ var (
 
 func init() { hlog.Prepare("hakurei") }
 
-var std sys.State = new(sys.Std)
-
 func main() {
 	// early init path, skips root check and duplicate PR_SET_DUMPABLE
 	container.TryArgv0(hlog.Output{}, hlog.Prepare, internal.InstallOutput)
 
+	if err := container.SetPtracer(0); err != nil {
+		hlog.Verbosef("cannot enable ptrace protection via Yama LSM: %v", err)
+		// not fatal: this program runs as the privileged user
+	}
+
 	if err := container.SetDumpable(container.SUID_DUMP_DISABLE); err != nil {
 		log.Printf("cannot set SUID_DUMP_DISABLE: %s", err)
 		// not fatal: this program runs as the privileged user
@@ -39,7 +44,11 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatal("this program must not run as root")
 	}
 
-	buildCommand(os.Stderr).MustParse(os.Args[1:], func(err error) {
+	ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(),
+		syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
+	defer stop() // unreachable
+
+	buildCommand(ctx, os.Stderr).MustParse(os.Args[1:], func(err error) {
 		hlog.Verbosef("command returned %v", err)
 		if errors.Is(err, errSuccess) {
 			hlog.BeforeExit()

cmd/hakurei/parse.go

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 
 	"hakurei.app/hst"
+	"hakurei.app/internal/app"
 	"hakurei.app/internal/app/state"
 	"hakurei.app/internal/hlog"
 )
@@ -87,7 +88,9 @@ func tryShort(name string) (config *hst.Config, entry *state.State) {
 	if likePrefix && len(name) >= 8 {
 		hlog.Verbose("argument looks like prefix")
 
-		s := state.NewMulti(std.Paths().RunDirPath)
+		var sc hst.Paths
+		app.CopyPaths(&sc, new(app.Hsu).MustID())
+		s := state.NewMulti(sc.RunDirPath.String())
 		if entries, err := state.Join(s); err != nil {
 			log.Printf("cannot join store: %v", err)
 			// drop to fetch from file

cmd/hakurei/print.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
-	"os"
 	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -13,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"hakurei.app/hst"
+	"hakurei.app/internal/app"
 	"hakurei.app/internal/app/state"
-	"hakurei.app/internal/hlog"
 	"hakurei.app/system/dbus"
 )
 
@@ -22,15 +21,8 @@ func printShowSystem(output io.Writer, short, flagJSON bool) {
 	t := newPrinter(output)
 	defer t.MustFlush()
 
-	info := new(hst.Info)
-
-	// get fid by querying uid of aid 0
-	if uid, err := std.Uid(0); err != nil {
-		hlog.PrintBaseError(err, "cannot obtain uid from setuid wrapper:")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	} else {
-		info.User = (uid / 10000) - 100
-	}
+	info := &hst.Info{User: new(app.Hsu).MustID()}
+	app.CopyPaths(&info.Paths, info.User)
 
 	if flagJSON {
 		printJSON(output, short, info)
@@ -38,6 +30,10 @@ func printShowSystem(output io.Writer, short, flagJSON bool) {
 	}
 
 	t.Printf("User:\t%d\n", info.User)
+	t.Printf("TempDir:\t%s\n", info.TempDir)
+	t.Printf("SharePath:\t%s\n", info.SharePath)
+	t.Printf("RuntimePath:\t%s\n", info.RuntimePath)
+	t.Printf("RunDirPath:\t%s\n", info.RunDirPath)
 }
 
 func printShowInstance(
@@ -73,17 +69,17 @@ func printShowInstance(
 	} else {
 		t.Printf(" Identity:\t%d\n", config.Identity)
 	}
-	t.Printf(" Enablements:\t%s\n", config.Enablements.String())
+	t.Printf(" Enablements:\t%s\n", config.Enablements.Unwrap().String())
 	if len(config.Groups) > 0 {
 		t.Printf(" Groups:\t%s\n", strings.Join(config.Groups, ", "))
 	}
-	if config.Data != "" {
-		t.Printf(" Data:\t%s\n", config.Data)
+	if config.Home != nil {
+		t.Printf(" Home:\t%s\n", config.Home)
 	}
 	if config.Container != nil {
-		container := config.Container
-		if container.Hostname != "" {
-			t.Printf(" Hostname:\t%s\n", container.Hostname)
+		params := config.Container
+		if params.Hostname != "" {
+			t.Printf(" Hostname:\t%s\n", params.Hostname)
 		}
 		flags := make([]string, 0, 7)
 		writeFlag := func(name string, value bool) {
@@ -91,30 +87,22 @@ func printShowInstance(
 				flags = append(flags, name)
 			}
 		}
-		writeFlag("userns", container.Userns)
-		writeFlag("devel", container.Devel)
-		writeFlag("net", container.Net)
-		writeFlag("device", container.Device)
-		writeFlag("tty", container.Tty)
-		writeFlag("mapuid", container.MapRealUID)
+		writeFlag("userns", params.Userns)
+		writeFlag("devel", params.Devel)
+		writeFlag("net", params.HostNet)
+		writeFlag("abstract", params.HostAbstract)
+		writeFlag("device", params.Device)
+		writeFlag("tty", params.Tty)
+		writeFlag("mapuid", params.MapRealUID)
 		writeFlag("directwl", config.DirectWayland)
-		writeFlag("autoetc", container.AutoEtc)
 		if len(flags) == 0 {
 			flags = append(flags, "none")
 		}
 		t.Printf(" Flags:\t%s\n", strings.Join(flags, " "))
 
-		etc := container.Etc
-		if etc == "" {
-			etc = "/etc"
+		if config.Path != nil {
+			t.Printf(" Path:\t%s\n", config.Path)
 		}
-		t.Printf(" Etc:\t%s\n", etc)
-
-		if len(container.Cover) > 0 {
-			t.Printf(" Cover:\t%s\n", strings.Join(container.Cover, " "))
-		}
-
-		t.Printf(" Path:\t%s\n", config.Path)
 	}
 	if len(config.Args) > 0 {
 		t.Printf(" Arguments:\t%s\n", strings.Join(config.Args, " "))
@@ -125,30 +113,11 @@ func printShowInstance(
 		if config.Container != nil && len(config.Container.Filesystem) > 0 {
 			t.Printf("Filesystem\n")
 			for _, f := range config.Container.Filesystem {
-				if f == nil {
+				if !f.Valid() {
+					t.Println(" <invalid>")
 					continue
 				}
-
-				expr := new(strings.Builder)
-				expr.Grow(3 + len(f.Src) + 1 + len(f.Dst))
-
-				if f.Device {
-					expr.WriteString(" d")
-				} else if f.Write {
-					expr.WriteString(" w")
-				} else {
-					expr.WriteString(" ")
-				}
-				if f.Must {
-					expr.WriteString("*")
-				} else {
-					expr.WriteString("+")
-				}
-				expr.WriteString(f.Src)
-				if f.Dst != "" {
-					expr.WriteString(":" + f.Dst)
-				}
-				t.Printf("%s\n", expr.String())
+				t.Printf(" %s\n", f)
 			}
 			t.Printf("\n")
 		}

cmd/hakurei/print_test.go

@@ -39,20 +39,21 @@ func Test_printShowInstance(t *testing.T) {
  Identity:       9 (org.chromium.Chromium)
  Enablements:    wayland, dbus, pulseaudio
  Groups:         video, dialout, plugdev
- Data:           /var/lib/hakurei/u0/org.chromium.Chromium
+ Home:           /data/data/org.chromium.Chromium
  Hostname:       localhost
- Flags:          userns devel net device tty mapuid autoetc
- Etc:            /etc
- Cover:          /var/run/nscd
+ Flags:          userns devel net abstract device tty mapuid
  Path:           /run/current-system/sw/bin/chromium
  Arguments:      chromium --ignore-gpu-blocklist --disable-smooth-scrolling --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland
 
 Filesystem
- +/nix/store
- +/run/current-system
- +/run/opengl-driver
- +/var/db/nix-channels
- w*/var/lib/hakurei/u0/org.chromium.Chromium:/data/data/org.chromium.Chromium
+ autoroot:w:/var/lib/hakurei/base/org.debian
+ autoetc:/etc/
+ w+ephemeral(-rwxr-xr-x):/tmp/
+ w*/nix/store:/mnt-root/nix/.rw-store/upper:/mnt-root/nix/.rw-store/work:/mnt-root/nix/.ro-store
+ */nix/store
+ /run/current-system@
+ /run/opengl-driver@
+ w-/var/lib/hakurei/u0/org.chromium.Chromium:/data/data/org.chromium.Chromium
  d+/dev/dri
 
 Extra ACL
@@ -82,18 +83,15 @@ App
  Identity:       0
  Enablements:    (no enablements)
  Flags:          none
- Etc:            /etc
- Path:           
 
 `},
-		{"config nil entries", nil, &hst.Config{Container: &hst.ContainerConfig{Filesystem: make([]*hst.FilesystemConfig, 1)}, ExtraPerms: make([]*hst.ExtraPermConfig, 1)}, false, false, `App
+		{"config nil entries", nil, &hst.Config{Container: &hst.ContainerConfig{Filesystem: make([]hst.FilesystemConfigJSON, 1)}, ExtraPerms: make([]*hst.ExtraPermConfig, 1)}, false, false, `App
  Identity:       0
  Enablements:    (no enablements)
  Flags:          none
- Etc:            /etc
- Path:           
 
 Filesystem
+ <invalid>
 
 Extra ACL
 
@@ -118,20 +116,21 @@ App
  Identity:       9 (org.chromium.Chromium)
  Enablements:    wayland, dbus, pulseaudio
  Groups:         video, dialout, plugdev
- Data:           /var/lib/hakurei/u0/org.chromium.Chromium
+ Home:           /data/data/org.chromium.Chromium
  Hostname:       localhost
- Flags:          userns devel net device tty mapuid autoetc
- Etc:            /etc
- Cover:          /var/run/nscd
+ Flags:          userns devel net abstract device tty mapuid
  Path:           /run/current-system/sw/bin/chromium
  Arguments:      chromium --ignore-gpu-blocklist --disable-smooth-scrolling --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland
 
 Filesystem
- +/nix/store
- +/run/current-system
- +/run/opengl-driver
- +/var/db/nix-channels
- w*/var/lib/hakurei/u0/org.chromium.Chromium:/data/data/org.chromium.Chromium
+ autoroot:w:/var/lib/hakurei/base/org.debian
+ autoetc:/etc/
+ w+ephemeral(-rwxr-xr-x):/tmp/
+ w*/nix/store:/mnt-root/nix/.rw-store/upper:/mnt-root/nix/.rw-store/work:/mnt-root/nix/.ro-store
+ */nix/store
+ /run/current-system@
+ /run/opengl-driver@
+ w-/var/lib/hakurei/u0/org.chromium.Chromium:/data/data/org.chromium.Chromium
  d+/dev/dri
 
 Extra ACL
@@ -194,7 +193,11 @@ App
       "--enable-features=UseOzonePlatform",
       "--ozone-platform=wayland"
     ],
-    "enablements": 13,
+    "enablements": {
+      "wayland": true,
+      "dbus": true,
+      "pulse": true
+    },
     "session_bus": {
       "see": null,
       "talk": [
@@ -233,8 +236,7 @@ App
     },
     "username": "chronos",
     "shell": "/run/current-system/sw/bin/zsh",
-    "data": "/var/lib/hakurei/u0/org.chromium.Chromium",
-    "dir": "/data/data/org.chromium.Chromium",
+    "home": "/data/data/org.chromium.Chromium",
     "extra_perms": [
       {
         "ensure": true,
@@ -262,7 +264,8 @@ App
       "seccomp_compat": true,
       "devel": true,
       "userns": true,
-      "net": true,
+      "host_net": true,
+      "host_abstract": true,
       "tty": true,
       "multiarch": true,
       "env": {
@@ -274,38 +277,62 @@ App
       "device": true,
       "filesystem": [
         {
+          "type": "bind",
+          "dst": "/",
+          "src": "/var/lib/hakurei/base/org.debian",
+          "write": true,
+          "special": true
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "bind",
+          "dst": "/etc/",
+          "src": "/etc/",
+          "special": true
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "ephemeral",
+          "dst": "/tmp/",
+          "write": true,
+          "perm": 493
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "overlay",
+          "dst": "/nix/store",
+          "lower": [
+            "/mnt-root/nix/.ro-store"
+          ],
+          "upper": "/mnt-root/nix/.rw-store/upper",
+          "work": "/mnt-root/nix/.rw-store/work"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "bind",
           "src": "/nix/store"
         },
         {
-          "src": "/run/current-system"
+          "type": "link",
+          "dst": "/run/current-system",
+          "linkname": "/run/current-system",
+          "dereference": true
         },
         {
-          "src": "/run/opengl-driver"
-        },
-        {
-          "src": "/var/db/nix-channels"
+          "type": "link",
+          "dst": "/run/opengl-driver",
+          "linkname": "/run/opengl-driver",
+          "dereference": true
         },
         {
+          "type": "bind",
           "dst": "/data/data/org.chromium.Chromium",
           "src": "/var/lib/hakurei/u0/org.chromium.Chromium",
           "write": true,
-          "require": true
+          "ensure": true
         },
         {
+          "type": "bind",
           "src": "/dev/dri",
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         }
-      ],
-      "symlink": [
-        [
-          "/run/user/65534",
-          "/run/user/150"
-        ]
-      ],
-      "etc": "/etc",
-      "auto_etc": true,
-      "cover": [
-        "/var/run/nscd"
       ]
     }
   },
@@ -322,7 +349,11 @@ App
     "--enable-features=UseOzonePlatform",
     "--ozone-platform=wayland"
   ],
-  "enablements": 13,
+  "enablements": {
+    "wayland": true,
+    "dbus": true,
+    "pulse": true
+  },
   "session_bus": {
     "see": null,
     "talk": [
@@ -361,8 +392,7 @@ App
   },
   "username": "chronos",
   "shell": "/run/current-system/sw/bin/zsh",
-  "data": "/var/lib/hakurei/u0/org.chromium.Chromium",
-  "dir": "/data/data/org.chromium.Chromium",
+  "home": "/data/data/org.chromium.Chromium",
   "extra_perms": [
     {
       "ensure": true,
@@ -390,7 +420,8 @@ App
     "seccomp_compat": true,
     "devel": true,
     "userns": true,
-    "net": true,
+    "host_net": true,
+    "host_abstract": true,
     "tty": true,
     "multiarch": true,
     "env": {
@@ -402,38 +433,62 @@ App
     "device": true,
     "filesystem": [
       {
+        "type": "bind",
+        "dst": "/",
+        "src": "/var/lib/hakurei/base/org.debian",
+        "write": true,
+        "special": true
+      },
+      {
+        "type": "bind",
+        "dst": "/etc/",
+        "src": "/etc/",
+        "special": true
+      },
+      {
+        "type": "ephemeral",
+        "dst": "/tmp/",
+        "write": true,
+        "perm": 493
+      },
+      {
+        "type": "overlay",
+        "dst": "/nix/store",
+        "lower": [
+          "/mnt-root/nix/.ro-store"
+        ],
+        "upper": "/mnt-root/nix/.rw-store/upper",
+        "work": "/mnt-root/nix/.rw-store/work"
+      },
+      {
+        "type": "bind",
         "src": "/nix/store"
       },
       {
-        "src": "/run/current-system"
+        "type": "link",
+        "dst": "/run/current-system",
+        "linkname": "/run/current-system",
+        "dereference": true
       },
       {
-        "src": "/run/opengl-driver"
-      },
-      {
-        "src": "/var/db/nix-channels"
+        "type": "link",
+        "dst": "/run/opengl-driver",
+        "linkname": "/run/opengl-driver",
+        "dereference": true
       },
       {
+        "type": "bind",
         "dst": "/data/data/org.chromium.Chromium",
         "src": "/var/lib/hakurei/u0/org.chromium.Chromium",
         "write": true,
-        "require": true
+        "ensure": true
       },
       {
+        "type": "bind",
         "src": "/dev/dri",
-        "dev": true
+        "dev": true,
+        "optional": true
       }
-    ],
-    "symlink": [
-      [
-        "/run/user/65534",
-        "/run/user/150"
-      ]
-    ],
-    "etc": "/etc",
-    "auto_etc": true,
-    "cover": [
-      "/var/run/nscd"
     ]
   }
 }
@@ -504,7 +559,11 @@ func Test_printPs(t *testing.T) {
         "--enable-features=UseOzonePlatform",
         "--ozone-platform=wayland"
       ],
-      "enablements": 13,
+      "enablements": {
+        "wayland": true,
+        "dbus": true,
+        "pulse": true
+      },
       "session_bus": {
         "see": null,
         "talk": [
@@ -543,8 +602,7 @@ func Test_printPs(t *testing.T) {
       },
       "username": "chronos",
       "shell": "/run/current-system/sw/bin/zsh",
-      "data": "/var/lib/hakurei/u0/org.chromium.Chromium",
-      "dir": "/data/data/org.chromium.Chromium",
+      "home": "/data/data/org.chromium.Chromium",
       "extra_perms": [
         {
           "ensure": true,
@@ -572,7 +630,8 @@ func Test_printPs(t *testing.T) {
         "seccomp_compat": true,
         "devel": true,
         "userns": true,
-        "net": true,
+        "host_net": true,
+        "host_abstract": true,
         "tty": true,
         "multiarch": true,
         "env": {
@@ -584,38 +643,62 @@ func Test_printPs(t *testing.T) {
         "device": true,
         "filesystem": [
           {
+            "type": "bind",
+            "dst": "/",
+            "src": "/var/lib/hakurei/base/org.debian",
+            "write": true,
+            "special": true
+          },
+          {
+            "type": "bind",
+            "dst": "/etc/",
+            "src": "/etc/",
+            "special": true
+          },
+          {
+            "type": "ephemeral",
+            "dst": "/tmp/",
+            "write": true,
+            "perm": 493
+          },
+          {
+            "type": "overlay",
+            "dst": "/nix/store",
+            "lower": [
+              "/mnt-root/nix/.ro-store"
+            ],
+            "upper": "/mnt-root/nix/.rw-store/upper",
+            "work": "/mnt-root/nix/.rw-store/work"
+          },
+          {
+            "type": "bind",
             "src": "/nix/store"
           },
           {
-            "src": "/run/current-system"
+            "type": "link",
+            "dst": "/run/current-system",
+            "linkname": "/run/current-system",
+            "dereference": true
           },
           {
-            "src": "/run/opengl-driver"
-          },
-          {
-            "src": "/var/db/nix-channels"
+            "type": "link",
+            "dst": "/run/opengl-driver",
+            "linkname": "/run/opengl-driver",
+            "dereference": true
           },
           {
+            "type": "bind",
             "dst": "/data/data/org.chromium.Chromium",
             "src": "/var/lib/hakurei/u0/org.chromium.Chromium",
             "write": true,
-            "require": true
+            "ensure": true
           },
           {
+            "type": "bind",
             "src": "/dev/dri",
-            "dev": true
+            "dev": true,
+            "optional": true
           }
-        ],
-        "symlink": [
-          [
-            "/run/user/65534",
-            "/run/user/150"
-          ]
-        ],
-        "etc": "/etc",
-        "auto_etc": true,
-        "cover": [
-          "/var/run/nscd"
         ]
       }
     },

cmd/hpkg/README

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+This program is a proof of concept and is now deprecated. It is only kept
+around for API demonstration purposes and to make the most out of the test
+suite.
+
+This program is replaced by planterette, which can be found at
+https://git.gensokyo.uk/security/planterette. Development effort should be
+focused there instead.

cmd/hpkg/app.go

@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"log"
 	"os"
-	"path"
 
+	"hakurei.app/container"
 	"hakurei.app/container/seccomp"
 	"hakurei.app/hst"
-	"hakurei.app/system"
 	"hakurei.app/system/dbus"
 )
 
@@ -27,7 +26,9 @@ type appInfo struct {
 	// passed through to [hst.Config]
 	Userns bool `json:"userns,omitempty"`
 	// passed through to [hst.Config]
-	Net bool `json:"net,omitempty"`
+	HostNet bool `json:"net,omitempty"`
+	// passed through to [hst.Config]
+	HostAbstract bool `json:"abstract,omitempty"`
 	// passed through to [hst.Config]
 	Device bool `json:"dev,omitempty"`
 	// passed through to [hst.Config]
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ type appInfo struct {
 	// passed through to [hst.Config]
 	SessionBus *dbus.Config `json:"session_bus,omitempty"`
 	// passed through to [hst.Config]
-	Enablements system.Enablement `json:"enablements"`
+	Enablements *hst.Enablements `json:"enablements,omitempty"`
 
 	// passed through to [hst.Config]
 	Multiarch bool `json:"multiarch,omitempty"`
@@ -55,18 +56,18 @@ type appInfo struct {
 	// store path to nixGL source
 	NixGL string `json:"nix_gl,omitempty"`
 	// store path to activate-and-exec script
-	Launcher string `json:"launcher"`
+	Launcher *container.Absolute `json:"launcher"`
 	// store path to /run/current-system
-	CurrentSystem string `json:"current_system"`
+	CurrentSystem *container.Absolute `json:"current_system"`
 	// store path to home-manager activation package
 	ActivationPackage string `json:"activation_package"`
 }
 
-func (app *appInfo) toFst(pathSet *appPathSet, argv []string, flagDropShell bool) *hst.Config {
+func (app *appInfo) toHst(pathSet *appPathSet, pathname *container.Absolute, argv []string, flagDropShell bool) *hst.Config {
 	config := &hst.Config{
 		ID: app.ID,
 
-		Path: argv[0],
+		Path: pathname,
 		Args: argv,
 
 		Enablements: app.Enablements,
@@ -76,38 +77,36 @@ func (app *appInfo) toFst(pathSet *appPathSet, argv []string, flagDropShell bool
 		DirectWayland: app.DirectWayland,
 
 		Username: "hakurei",
-		Shell:    shellPath,
-		Data:     pathSet.homeDir,
-		Dir:      path.Join("/data/data", app.ID),
+		Shell:    pathShell,
+		Home:     pathDataData.Append(app.ID),
 
 		Identity: app.Identity,
 		Groups:   app.Groups,
 
 		Container: &hst.ContainerConfig{
-			Hostname:   formatHostname(app.Name),
-			Devel:      app.Devel,
-			Userns:     app.Userns,
-			Net:        app.Net,
-			Device:     app.Device,
-			Tty:        app.Tty || flagDropShell,
-			MapRealUID: app.MapRealUID,
-			Filesystem: []*hst.FilesystemConfig{
-				{Src: path.Join(pathSet.nixPath, "store"), Dst: "/nix/store", Must: true},
-				{Src: pathSet.metaPath, Dst: path.Join(hst.Tmp, "app"), Must: true},
-				{Src: "/etc/resolv.conf"},
-				{Src: "/sys/block"},
-				{Src: "/sys/bus"},
-				{Src: "/sys/class"},
-				{Src: "/sys/dev"},
-				{Src: "/sys/devices"},
+			Hostname:     formatHostname(app.Name),
+			Devel:        app.Devel,
+			Userns:       app.Userns,
+			HostNet:      app.HostNet,
+			HostAbstract: app.HostAbstract,
+			Device:       app.Device,
+			Tty:          app.Tty || flagDropShell,
+			MapRealUID:   app.MapRealUID,
+			Filesystem: []hst.FilesystemConfigJSON{
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Target: container.AbsFHSEtc, Source: pathSet.cacheDir.Append("etc"), Special: true}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: pathSet.nixPath.Append("store"), Target: pathNixStore}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSLink{Target: pathCurrentSystem, Linkname: app.CurrentSystem.String()}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSLink{Target: pathBin, Linkname: pathSwBin.String()}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSLink{Target: container.AbsFHSUsrBin, Linkname: pathSwBin.String()}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: pathSet.metaPath, Target: hst.AbsTmp.Append("app")}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSEtc.Append("resolv.conf"), Optional: true}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSSys.Append("block"), Optional: true}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSSys.Append("bus"), Optional: true}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSSys.Append("class"), Optional: true}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSSys.Append("dev"), Optional: true}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSSys.Append("devices"), Optional: true}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Target: pathDataData.Append(app.ID), Source: pathSet.homeDir, Write: true, Ensure: true}},
 			},
-			Link: [][2]string{
-				{app.CurrentSystem, "/run/current-system"},
-				{"/run/current-system/sw/bin", "/bin"},
-				{"/run/current-system/sw/bin", "/usr/bin"},
-			},
-			Etc:     path.Join(pathSet.cacheDir, "etc"),
-			AutoEtc: true,
 		},
 		ExtraPerms: []*hst.ExtraPermConfig{
 			{Path: dataHome, Execute: true},
@@ -140,6 +139,14 @@ func loadAppInfo(name string, beforeFail func()) *appInfo {
 		beforeFail()
 		log.Fatal("application identifier must not be empty")
 	}
+	if bundle.Launcher == nil {
+		beforeFail()
+		log.Fatal("launcher must not be empty")
+	}
+	if bundle.CurrentSystem == nil {
+		beforeFail()
+		log.Fatal("current-system must not be empty")
+	}
 
 	return bundle
 }

cmd/hpkg/build.nix

@@ -171,7 +171,12 @@ let
           broadcast = { };
         });
 
-    enablements = (if allow_wayland then 1 else 0) + (if allow_x11 then 2 else 0) + (if allow_dbus then 4 else 0) + (if allow_pulse then 8 else 0);
+    enablements = {
+      wayland = allow_wayland;
+      x11 = allow_x11;
+      dbus = allow_dbus;
+      pulse = allow_pulse;
+    };
 
     mesa = if gpu then mesaWrappers else null;
     nix_gl = if gpu then nixGL else null;

cmd/hpkg/main.go

@@ -11,20 +11,19 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 
 	"hakurei.app/command"
+	"hakurei.app/container"
 	"hakurei.app/hst"
 	"hakurei.app/internal"
 	"hakurei.app/internal/hlog"
 )
 
-const shellPath = "/run/current-system/sw/bin/bash"
-
 var (
 	errSuccess = errors.New("success")
 )
 
 func init() {
-	hlog.Prepare("planterette")
-	if err := os.Setenv("SHELL", shellPath); err != nil {
+	hlog.Prepare("hpkg")
+	if err := os.Setenv("SHELL", pathShell.String()); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("cannot set $SHELL: %v", err)
 	}
 }
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ func main() {
 		flagVerbose   bool
 		flagDropShell bool
 	)
-	c := command.New(os.Stderr, log.Printf, "planterette", func([]string) error { internal.InstallOutput(flagVerbose); return nil }).
+	c := command.New(os.Stderr, log.Printf, "hpkg", func([]string) error { internal.InstallOutput(flagVerbose); return nil }).
 		Flag(&flagVerbose, "v", command.BoolFlag(false), "Print debug messages to the console").
 		Flag(&flagDropShell, "s", command.BoolFlag(false), "Drop to a shell in place of next hakurei action")
 
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ func main() {
 			}
 
 			/*
-				Look up paths to programs started by planterette.
+				Look up paths to programs started by hpkg.
 				This is done here to ease error handling as cleanup is not yet required.
 			*/
 
@@ -81,31 +80,32 @@ func main() {
 				Extract package and set up for cleanup.
 			*/
 
-			var workDir string
-			if p, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "planterette.*"); err != nil {
+			var workDir *container.Absolute
+			if p, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "hpkg.*"); err != nil {
 				log.Printf("cannot create temporary directory: %v", err)
 				return err
-			} else {
-				workDir = p
+			} else if workDir, err = container.NewAbs(p); err != nil {
+				log.Printf("invalid temporary directory: %v", err)
+				return err
 			}
 			cleanup := func() {
 				// should be faster than a native implementation
-				mustRun(chmod, "-R", "+w", workDir)
-				mustRun(rm, "-rf", workDir)
+				mustRun(chmod, "-R", "+w", workDir.String())
+				mustRun(rm, "-rf", workDir.String())
 			}
 			beforeRunFail.Store(&cleanup)
 
-			mustRun(tar, "-C", workDir, "-xf", pkgPath)
+			mustRun(tar, "-C", workDir.String(), "-xf", pkgPath)
 
 			/*
 				Parse bundle and app metadata, do pre-install checks.
 			*/
 
-			bundle := loadAppInfo(path.Join(workDir, "bundle.json"), cleanup)
+			bundle := loadAppInfo(path.Join(workDir.String(), "bundle.json"), cleanup)
 			pathSet := pathSetByApp(bundle.ID)
 
 			a := bundle
-			if s, err := os.Stat(pathSet.metaPath); err != nil {
+			if s, err := os.Stat(pathSet.metaPath.String()); err != nil {
 				if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 					cleanup()
 					log.Printf("cannot access %q: %v", pathSet.metaPath, err)
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func main() {
 				log.Printf("metadata path %q is not a file", pathSet.metaPath)
 				return syscall.EBADMSG
 			} else {
-				a = loadAppInfo(pathSet.metaPath, cleanup)
+				a = loadAppInfo(pathSet.metaPath.String(), cleanup)
 				if a.ID != bundle.ID {
 					cleanup()
 					log.Printf("app %q claims to have identifier %q",
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func main() {
 			*/
 
 			// serialise metadata to ensure consistency
-			if f, err := os.OpenFile(pathSet.metaPath+"~", os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC, 0644); err != nil {
+			if f, err := os.OpenFile(pathSet.metaPath.String()+"~", os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC, 0644); err != nil {
 				cleanup()
 				log.Printf("cannot create metadata file: %v", err)
 				return err
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func main() {
 				// not fatal
 			}
 
-			if err := os.Rename(pathSet.metaPath+"~", pathSet.metaPath); err != nil {
+			if err := os.Rename(pathSet.metaPath.String()+"~", pathSet.metaPath.String()); err != nil {
 				cleanup()
 				log.Printf("cannot rename metadata file: %v", err)
 				return err
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ func main() {
 
 			id := args[0]
 			pathSet := pathSetByApp(id)
-			a := loadAppInfo(pathSet.metaPath, func() {})
+			a := loadAppInfo(pathSet.metaPath.String(), func() {})
 			if a.ID != id {
 				log.Printf("app %q claims to have identifier %q", id, a.ID)
 				return syscall.EBADE
@@ -274,13 +274,13 @@ func main() {
 						"--override-input nixpkgs path:/etc/nixpkgs " +
 						"path:" + a.NixGL + "#nixVulkanNvidia",
 				}, true, func(config *hst.Config) *hst.Config {
-					config.Container.Filesystem = append(config.Container.Filesystem, []*hst.FilesystemConfig{
-						{Src: "/etc/resolv.conf"},
-						{Src: "/sys/block"},
-						{Src: "/sys/bus"},
-						{Src: "/sys/class"},
-						{Src: "/sys/dev"},
-						{Src: "/sys/devices"},
+					config.Container.Filesystem = append(config.Container.Filesystem, []hst.FilesystemConfigJSON{
+						{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSEtc.Append("resolv.conf"), Optional: true}},
+						{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSSys.Append("block"), Optional: true}},
+						{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSSys.Append("bus"), Optional: true}},
+						{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSSys.Append("class"), Optional: true}},
+						{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSSys.Append("dev"), Optional: true}},
+						{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSSys.Append("devices"), Optional: true}},
 					}...)
 					appendGPUFilesystem(config)
 					return config
@@ -291,15 +291,16 @@ func main() {
 				Create app configuration.
 			*/
 
+			pathname := a.Launcher
 			argv := make([]string, 1, len(args))
-			if !flagDropShell {
-				argv[0] = a.Launcher
+			if flagDropShell {
+				pathname = pathShell
+				argv[0] = bash
 			} else {
-				argv[0] = shellPath
+				argv[0] = a.Launcher.String()
 			}
 			argv = append(argv, args[1:]...)
-
-			config := a.toFst(pathSet, argv, flagDropShell)
+			config := a.toHst(pathSet, pathname, argv, flagDropShell)
 
 			/*
 				Expose GPU devices.
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ func main() {
 
 			if a.GPU {
 				config.Container.Filesystem = append(config.Container.Filesystem,
-					&hst.FilesystemConfig{Src: path.Join(pathSet.nixPath, ".nixGL"), Dst: path.Join(hst.Tmp, "nixGL")})
+					hst.FilesystemConfigJSON{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: pathSet.nixPath.Append(".nixGL"), Target: hst.AbsTmp.Append("nixGL")}})
 				appendGPUFilesystem(config)
 			}
 

cmd/hpkg/paths.go

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strconv"
+	"sync/atomic"
+
+	"hakurei.app/container"
+	"hakurei.app/hst"
+	"hakurei.app/internal/hlog"
+)
+
+const bash = "bash"
+
+var (
+	dataHome *container.Absolute
+)
+
+func init() {
+	// dataHome
+	if a, err := container.NewAbs(os.Getenv("HAKUREI_DATA_HOME")); err == nil {
+		dataHome = a
+	} else {
+		dataHome = container.AbsFHSVarLib.Append("hakurei/" + strconv.Itoa(os.Getuid()))
+	}
+}
+
+var (
+	pathBin = container.AbsFHSRoot.Append("bin")
+
+	pathNix           = container.MustAbs("/nix/")
+	pathNixStore      = pathNix.Append("store/")
+	pathCurrentSystem = container.AbsFHSRun.Append("current-system")
+	pathSwBin         = pathCurrentSystem.Append("sw/bin/")
+	pathShell         = pathSwBin.Append(bash)
+
+	pathData     = container.MustAbs("/data")
+	pathDataData = pathData.Append("data")
+)
+
+func lookPath(file string) string {
+	if p, err := exec.LookPath(file); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("%s: command not found", file)
+		return ""
+	} else {
+		return p
+	}
+}
+
+var beforeRunFail = new(atomic.Pointer[func()])
+
+func mustRun(name string, arg ...string) {
+	hlog.Verbosef("spawning process: %q %q", name, arg)
+	cmd := exec.Command(name, arg...)
+	cmd.Stdin, cmd.Stdout, cmd.Stderr = os.Stdin, os.Stdout, os.Stderr
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		if f := beforeRunFail.Swap(nil); f != nil {
+			(*f)()
+		}
+		log.Fatalf("%s: %v", name, err)
+	}
+}
+
+type appPathSet struct {
+	// ${dataHome}/${id}
+	baseDir *container.Absolute
+	// ${baseDir}/app
+	metaPath *container.Absolute
+	// ${baseDir}/files
+	homeDir *container.Absolute
+	// ${baseDir}/cache
+	cacheDir *container.Absolute
+	// ${baseDir}/cache/nix
+	nixPath *container.Absolute
+}
+
+func pathSetByApp(id string) *appPathSet {
+	pathSet := new(appPathSet)
+	pathSet.baseDir = dataHome.Append(id)
+	pathSet.metaPath = pathSet.baseDir.Append("app")
+	pathSet.homeDir = pathSet.baseDir.Append("files")
+	pathSet.cacheDir = pathSet.baseDir.Append("cache")
+	pathSet.nixPath = pathSet.cacheDir.Append("nix")
+	return pathSet
+}
+
+func appendGPUFilesystem(config *hst.Config) {
+	config.Container.Filesystem = append(config.Container.Filesystem, []hst.FilesystemConfigJSON{
+		// flatpak commit 763a686d874dd668f0236f911de00b80766ffe79
+		{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("dri"), Device: true, Optional: true}},
+		// mali
+		{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("mali"), Device: true, Optional: true}},
+		{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("mali0"), Device: true, Optional: true}},
+		{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("umplock"), Device: true, Optional: true}},
+		// nvidia
+		{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidiactl"), Device: true, Optional: true}},
+		{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia-modeset"), Device: true, Optional: true}},
+		// nvidia OpenCL/CUDA
+		{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia-uvm"), Device: true, Optional: true}},
+		{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia-uvm-tools"), Device: true, Optional: true}},
+
+		// flatpak commit d2dff2875bb3b7e2cd92d8204088d743fd07f3ff
+		{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia0"), Device: true, Optional: true}}, {FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia1"), Device: true, Optional: true}},
+		{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia2"), Device: true, Optional: true}}, {FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia3"), Device: true, Optional: true}},
+		{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia4"), Device: true, Optional: true}}, {FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia5"), Device: true, Optional: true}},
+		{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia6"), Device: true, Optional: true}}, {FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia7"), Device: true, Optional: true}},
+		{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia8"), Device: true, Optional: true}}, {FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia9"), Device: true, Optional: true}},
+		{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia10"), Device: true, Optional: true}}, {FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia11"), Device: true, Optional: true}},
+		{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia12"), Device: true, Optional: true}}, {FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia13"), Device: true, Optional: true}},
+		{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia14"), Device: true, Optional: true}}, {FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia15"), Device: true, Optional: true}},
+		{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia16"), Device: true, Optional: true}}, {FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia17"), Device: true, Optional: true}},
+		{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia18"), Device: true, Optional: true}}, {FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: container.AbsFHSDev.Append("nvidia19"), Device: true, Optional: true}},
+	}...)
+}

cmd/hpkg/test/default.nix

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ let
   buildPackage = self.buildPackage.${system};
 in
 nixosTest {
-  name = "planterette";
+  name = "hpkg";
   nodes.machine = {
     environment.etc = {
       "foot.pkg".source = callPackage ./foot.nix { inherit buildPackage; };

cmd/hpkg/test/test.py

@@ -79,20 +79,20 @@ print(machine.succeed("sudo -u alice -i hakurei version"))
 machine.wait_for_file("/run/user/1000/wayland-1")
 machine.wait_for_file("/tmp/sway-ipc.sock")
 
-# Prepare planterette directory:
+# Prepare hpkg directory:
 machine.succeed("install -dm 0700 -o alice -g users /var/lib/hakurei/1000")
 
-# Install planterette app:
-swaymsg("exec planterette -v install /etc/foot.pkg && touch /tmp/planterette-install-ok")
-machine.wait_for_file("/tmp/planterette-install-ok")
+# Install hpkg app:
+swaymsg("exec hpkg -v install /etc/foot.pkg && touch /tmp/hpkg-install-ok")
+machine.wait_for_file("/tmp/hpkg-install-ok")
 
 # Start app (foot) with Wayland enablement:
-swaymsg("exec planterette -v start org.codeberg.dnkl.foot")
+swaymsg("exec hpkg -v start org.codeberg.dnkl.foot")
 wait_for_window("hakurei@machine-foot")
 machine.send_chars("clear; wayland-info && touch /tmp/success-client\n")
-machine.wait_for_file("/tmp/hakurei.1000/tmpdir/2/success-client")
+machine.wait_for_file("/tmp/hakurei.0/tmpdir/2/success-client")
 collect_state_ui("app_wayland")
-check_state("foot", 13)
+check_state("foot", {"wayland": True, "dbus": True, "pulse": True})
 # Verify acl on XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:
 print(machine.succeed("getfacl --absolute-names --omit-header --numeric /run/user/1000 | grep 1000002"))
 machine.send_chars("exit\n")

cmd/hpkg/with.go

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"path"
 	"strings"
 
+	"hakurei.app/container"
 	"hakurei.app/container/seccomp"
 	"hakurei.app/hst"
 	"hakurei.app/internal"
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ func withNixDaemon(
 	mustRunAppDropShell(ctx, updateConfig(&hst.Config{
 		ID: app.ID,
 
-		Path: shellPath,
-		Args: []string{shellPath, "-lc", "rm -f /nix/var/nix/daemon-socket/socket && " +
+		Path: pathShell,
+		Args: []string{bash, "-lc", "rm -f /nix/var/nix/daemon-socket/socket && " +
 			// start nix-daemon
 			"nix-daemon --store / & " +
 			// wait for socket to appear
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@ func withNixDaemon(
 		},
 
 		Username: "hakurei",
-		Shell:    shellPath,
-		Data:     pathSet.homeDir,
-		Dir:      path.Join("/data/data", app.ID),
+		Shell:    pathShell,
+		Home:     pathDataData.Append(app.ID),
 		ExtraPerms: []*hst.ExtraPermConfig{
 			{Path: dataHome, Execute: true},
 			{Ensure: true, Path: pathSet.baseDir, Read: true, Write: true, Execute: true},
@@ -45,37 +44,34 @@ func withNixDaemon(
 		Container: &hst.ContainerConfig{
 			Hostname:     formatHostname(app.Name) + "-" + action,
 			Userns:       true, // nix sandbox requires userns
-			Net:          net,
+			HostNet:      net,
 			SeccompFlags: seccomp.AllowMultiarch,
 			Tty:          dropShell,
-			Filesystem: []*hst.FilesystemConfig{
-				{Src: pathSet.nixPath, Dst: "/nix", Write: true, Must: true},
+			Filesystem: []hst.FilesystemConfigJSON{
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Target: container.AbsFHSEtc, Source: pathSet.cacheDir.Append("etc"), Special: true}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: pathSet.nixPath, Target: pathNix, Write: true}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSLink{Target: pathCurrentSystem, Linkname: app.CurrentSystem.String()}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSLink{Target: pathBin, Linkname: pathSwBin.String()}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSLink{Target: container.AbsFHSUsrBin, Linkname: pathSwBin.String()}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Target: pathDataData.Append(app.ID), Source: pathSet.homeDir, Write: true, Ensure: true}},
 			},
-			Link: [][2]string{
-				{app.CurrentSystem, "/run/current-system"},
-				{"/run/current-system/sw/bin", "/bin"},
-				{"/run/current-system/sw/bin", "/usr/bin"},
-			},
-			Etc:     path.Join(pathSet.cacheDir, "etc"),
-			AutoEtc: true,
 		},
 	}), dropShell, beforeFail)
 }
 
 func withCacheDir(
 	ctx context.Context,
-	action string, command []string, workDir string,
+	action string, command []string, workDir *container.Absolute,
 	app *appInfo, pathSet *appPathSet, dropShell bool, beforeFail func()) {
 	mustRunAppDropShell(ctx, &hst.Config{
 		ID: app.ID,
 
-		Path: shellPath,
-		Args: []string{shellPath, "-lc", strings.Join(command, " && ")},
+		Path: pathShell,
+		Args: []string{bash, "-lc", strings.Join(command, " && ")},
 
 		Username: "nixos",
-		Shell:    shellPath,
-		Data:     pathSet.cacheDir, // this also ensures cacheDir via shim
-		Dir:      path.Join("/data/data", app.ID, "cache"),
+		Shell:    pathShell,
+		Home:     pathDataData.Append(app.ID, "cache"),
 		ExtraPerms: []*hst.ExtraPermConfig{
 			{Path: dataHome, Execute: true},
 			{Ensure: true, Path: pathSet.baseDir, Read: true, Write: true, Execute: true},
@@ -88,24 +84,22 @@ func withCacheDir(
 			Hostname:     formatHostname(app.Name) + "-" + action,
 			SeccompFlags: seccomp.AllowMultiarch,
 			Tty:          dropShell,
-			Filesystem: []*hst.FilesystemConfig{
-				{Src: path.Join(workDir, "nix"), Dst: "/nix", Must: true},
-				{Src: workDir, Dst: path.Join(hst.Tmp, "bundle"), Must: true},
+			Filesystem: []hst.FilesystemConfigJSON{
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Target: container.AbsFHSEtc, Source: workDir.Append(container.FHSEtc), Special: true}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: workDir.Append("nix"), Target: pathNix}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSLink{Target: pathCurrentSystem, Linkname: app.CurrentSystem.String()}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSLink{Target: pathBin, Linkname: pathSwBin.String()}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSLink{Target: container.AbsFHSUsrBin, Linkname: pathSwBin.String()}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Source: workDir, Target: hst.AbsTmp.Append("bundle")}},
+				{FilesystemConfig: &hst.FSBind{Target: pathDataData.Append(app.ID, "cache"), Source: pathSet.cacheDir, Write: true, Ensure: true}},
 			},
-			Link: [][2]string{
-				{app.CurrentSystem, "/run/current-system"},
-				{"/run/current-system/sw/bin", "/bin"},
-				{"/run/current-system/sw/bin", "/usr/bin"},
-			},
-			Etc:     path.Join(workDir, "etc"),
-			AutoEtc: true,
 		},
 	}, dropShell, beforeFail)
 }
 
 func mustRunAppDropShell(ctx context.Context, config *hst.Config, dropShell bool, beforeFail func()) {
 	if dropShell {
-		config.Args = []string{shellPath, "-l"}
+		config.Args = []string{bash, "-l"}
 		mustRunApp(ctx, config, beforeFail)
 		beforeFail()
 		internal.Exit(0)

cmd/hsu/main.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	hsuConfFile = "/etc/hsurc"
 	envShim     = "HAKUREI_SHIM"
-	envAID      = "HAKUREI_APP_ID"
+	envIdentity = "HAKUREI_IDENTITY"
 	envGroups   = "HAKUREI_GROUPS"
 
 	PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS = 0x26
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	// uid = 1000000 +
-	//   fid * 10000 +
-	//           aid
+	//    id * 10000 +
+	//      identity
 	uid := 1000000
 
 	// refuse to run if hsurc is not protected correctly
@@ -62,29 +62,25 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	// authenticate before accepting user input
+	var id int
 	if f, err := os.Open(hsuConfFile); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
-	} else if fid, ok := mustParseConfig(f, puid); !ok {
+	} else if v, ok := mustParseConfig(f, puid); !ok {
 		log.Fatalf("uid %d is not in the hsurc file", puid)
 	} else {
-		uid += fid * 10000
-	}
+		id = v
+		if err = f.Close(); err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
 
-	// allowed aid range 0 to 9999
-	if as, ok := os.LookupEnv(envAID); !ok {
-		log.Fatal("HAKUREI_APP_ID not set")
-	} else if aid, err := parseUint32Fast(as); err != nil || aid < 0 || aid > 9999 {
-		log.Fatal("invalid aid")
-	} else {
-		uid += aid
+		uid += id * 10000
 	}
 
 	// pass through setup fd to shim
 	var shimSetupFd string
 	if s, ok := os.LookupEnv(envShim); !ok {
-		// hakurei requests target uid
-		// print resolved uid and exit
-		fmt.Print(uid)
+		// hakurei requests hsurc user id
+		fmt.Print(id)
 		os.Exit(0)
 	} else if len(s) != 1 || s[0] > '9' || s[0] < '3' {
 		log.Fatal("HAKUREI_SHIM holds an invalid value")
@@ -92,6 +88,15 @@ func main() {
 		shimSetupFd = s
 	}
 
+	// allowed identity range 0 to 9999
+	if as, ok := os.LookupEnv(envIdentity); !ok {
+		log.Fatal("HAKUREI_IDENTITY not set")
+	} else if identity, err := parseUint32Fast(as); err != nil || identity < 0 || identity > 9999 {
+		log.Fatal("invalid identity")
+	} else {
+		uid += identity
+	}
+
 	// supplementary groups
 	var suppGroups, suppCurrent []int
 

cmd/planterette/paths.go

@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"log"
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-	"path"
-	"strconv"
-	"sync/atomic"
-
-	"hakurei.app/hst"
-	"hakurei.app/internal/hlog"
-)
-
-var (
-	dataHome string
-)
-
-func init() {
-	// dataHome
-	if p, ok := os.LookupEnv("HAKUREI_DATA_HOME"); ok {
-		dataHome = p
-	} else {
-		dataHome = "/var/lib/hakurei/" + strconv.Itoa(os.Getuid())
-	}
-}
-
-func lookPath(file string) string {
-	if p, err := exec.LookPath(file); err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("%s: command not found", file)
-		return ""
-	} else {
-		return p
-	}
-}
-
-var beforeRunFail = new(atomic.Pointer[func()])
-
-func mustRun(name string, arg ...string) {
-	hlog.Verbosef("spawning process: %q %q", name, arg)
-	cmd := exec.Command(name, arg...)
-	cmd.Stdin, cmd.Stdout, cmd.Stderr = os.Stdin, os.Stdout, os.Stderr
-	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
-		if f := beforeRunFail.Swap(nil); f != nil {
-			(*f)()
-		}
-		log.Fatalf("%s: %v", name, err)
-	}
-}
-
-type appPathSet struct {
-	// ${dataHome}/${id}
-	baseDir string
-	// ${baseDir}/app
-	metaPath string
-	// ${baseDir}/files
-	homeDir string
-	// ${baseDir}/cache
-	cacheDir string
-	// ${baseDir}/cache/nix
-	nixPath string
-}
-
-func pathSetByApp(id string) *appPathSet {
-	pathSet := new(appPathSet)
-	pathSet.baseDir = path.Join(dataHome, id)
-	pathSet.metaPath = path.Join(pathSet.baseDir, "app")
-	pathSet.homeDir = path.Join(pathSet.baseDir, "files")
-	pathSet.cacheDir = path.Join(pathSet.baseDir, "cache")
-	pathSet.nixPath = path.Join(pathSet.cacheDir, "nix")
-	return pathSet
-}
-
-func appendGPUFilesystem(config *hst.Config) {
-	config.Container.Filesystem = append(config.Container.Filesystem, []*hst.FilesystemConfig{
-		// flatpak commit 763a686d874dd668f0236f911de00b80766ffe79
-		{Src: "/dev/dri", Device: true},
-		// mali
-		{Src: "/dev/mali", Device: true},
-		{Src: "/dev/mali0", Device: true},
-		{Src: "/dev/umplock", Device: true},
-		// nvidia
-		{Src: "/dev/nvidiactl", Device: true},
-		{Src: "/dev/nvidia-modeset", Device: true},
-		// nvidia OpenCL/CUDA
-		{Src: "/dev/nvidia-uvm", Device: true},
-		{Src: "/dev/nvidia-uvm-tools", Device: true},
-
-		// flatpak commit d2dff2875bb3b7e2cd92d8204088d743fd07f3ff
-		{Src: "/dev/nvidia0", Device: true}, {Src: "/dev/nvidia1", Device: true},
-		{Src: "/dev/nvidia2", Device: true}, {Src: "/dev/nvidia3", Device: true},
-		{Src: "/dev/nvidia4", Device: true}, {Src: "/dev/nvidia5", Device: true},
-		{Src: "/dev/nvidia6", Device: true}, {Src: "/dev/nvidia7", Device: true},
-		{Src: "/dev/nvidia8", Device: true}, {Src: "/dev/nvidia9", Device: true},
-		{Src: "/dev/nvidia10", Device: true}, {Src: "/dev/nvidia11", Device: true},
-		{Src: "/dev/nvidia12", Device: true}, {Src: "/dev/nvidia13", Device: true},
-		{Src: "/dev/nvidia14", Device: true}, {Src: "/dev/nvidia15", Device: true},
-		{Src: "/dev/nvidia16", Device: true}, {Src: "/dev/nvidia17", Device: true},
-		{Src: "/dev/nvidia18", Device: true}, {Src: "/dev/nvidia19", Device: true},
-	}...)
-}

container/absolute.go

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+package container
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"path"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+// AbsoluteError is returned by [NewAbs] and holds the invalid pathname.
+type AbsoluteError struct {
+	Pathname string
+}
+
+func (e *AbsoluteError) Error() string { return fmt.Sprintf("path %q is not absolute", e.Pathname) }
+func (e *AbsoluteError) Is(target error) bool {
+	var ce *AbsoluteError
+	if !errors.As(target, &ce) {
+		return errors.Is(target, syscall.EINVAL)
+	}
+	return *e == *ce
+}
+
+// Absolute holds a pathname checked to be absolute.
+type Absolute struct {
+	pathname string
+}
+
+// isAbs wraps [path.IsAbs] in case additional checks are added in the future.
+func isAbs(pathname string) bool { return path.IsAbs(pathname) }
+
+func (a *Absolute) String() string {
+	if a.pathname == zeroString {
+		panic("attempted use of zero Absolute")
+	}
+	return a.pathname
+}
+
+func (a *Absolute) Is(v *Absolute) bool {
+	if a == nil && v == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+	return a != nil && v != nil &&
+		a.pathname != zeroString && v.pathname != zeroString &&
+		a.pathname == v.pathname
+}
+
+// NewAbs checks pathname and returns a new [Absolute] if pathname is absolute.
+func NewAbs(pathname string) (*Absolute, error) {
+	if !isAbs(pathname) {
+		return nil, &AbsoluteError{pathname}
+	}
+	return &Absolute{pathname}, nil
+}
+
+// MustAbs calls [NewAbs] and panics on error.
+func MustAbs(pathname string) *Absolute {
+	if a, err := NewAbs(pathname); err != nil {
+		panic(err.Error())
+	} else {
+		return a
+	}
+}
+
+// Append calls [path.Join] with [Absolute] as the first element.
+func (a *Absolute) Append(elem ...string) *Absolute {
+	return &Absolute{path.Join(append([]string{a.String()}, elem...)...)}
+}
+
+// Dir calls [path.Dir] with [Absolute] as its argument.
+func (a *Absolute) Dir() *Absolute { return &Absolute{path.Dir(a.String())} }
+
+func (a *Absolute) GobEncode() ([]byte, error) { return []byte(a.String()), nil }
+func (a *Absolute) GobDecode(data []byte) error {
+	pathname := string(data)
+	if !isAbs(pathname) {
+		return &AbsoluteError{pathname}
+	}
+	a.pathname = pathname
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (a *Absolute) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) { return json.Marshal(a.String()) }
+func (a *Absolute) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	var pathname string
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &pathname); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if !isAbs(pathname) {
+		return &AbsoluteError{pathname}
+	}
+	a.pathname = pathname
+	return nil
+}
+
+// SortAbs calls [slices.SortFunc] for a slice of [Absolute].
+func SortAbs(x []*Absolute) {
+	slices.SortFunc(x, func(a, b *Absolute) int { return strings.Compare(a.String(), b.String()) })
+}
+
+// CompactAbs calls [slices.CompactFunc] for a slice of [Absolute].
+func CompactAbs(s []*Absolute) []*Absolute {
+	return slices.CompactFunc(s, func(a *Absolute, b *Absolute) bool { return a.String() == b.String() })
+}

container/absolute_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,348 @@
+package container
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/gob"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+	"syscall"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestAbsoluteError(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name string
+
+		err error
+		cmp error
+		ok  bool
+	}{
+		{"EINVAL", new(AbsoluteError), syscall.EINVAL, true},
+		{"not EINVAL", new(AbsoluteError), syscall.EBADE, false},
+		{"ne val", new(AbsoluteError), &AbsoluteError{"etc"}, false},
+		{"equals", &AbsoluteError{"etc"}, &AbsoluteError{"etc"}, true},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		if got := errors.Is(tc.err, tc.cmp); got != tc.ok {
+			t.Errorf("Is: %v, want %v", got, tc.ok)
+		}
+	}
+
+	t.Run("string", func(t *testing.T) {
+		want := `path "etc" is not absolute`
+		if got := (&AbsoluteError{"etc"}).Error(); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("Error: %q, want %q", got, want)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestNewAbs(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name string
+
+		pathname string
+		want     *Absolute
+		wantErr  error
+	}{
+		{"good", "/etc", MustAbs("/etc"), nil},
+		{"not absolute", "etc", nil, &AbsoluteError{"etc"}},
+		{"zero", "", nil, &AbsoluteError{""}},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := NewAbs(tc.pathname)
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tc.want) {
+				t.Errorf("NewAbs: %#v, want %#v", got, tc.want)
+			}
+			if !errors.Is(err, tc.wantErr) {
+				t.Errorf("NewAbs: error = %v, want %v", err, tc.wantErr)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	t.Run("must", func(t *testing.T) {
+		defer func() {
+			wantPanic := `path "etc" is not absolute`
+
+			if r := recover(); r != wantPanic {
+				t.Errorf("MustAbs: panic = %v; want %v", r, wantPanic)
+			}
+		}()
+
+		MustAbs("etc")
+	})
+}
+
+func TestAbsoluteString(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("passthrough", func(t *testing.T) {
+		pathname := "/etc"
+		if got := (&Absolute{pathname}).String(); got != pathname {
+			t.Errorf("String: %q, want %q", got, pathname)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("zero", func(t *testing.T) {
+		defer func() {
+			wantPanic := "attempted use of zero Absolute"
+
+			if r := recover(); r != wantPanic {
+				t.Errorf("String: panic = %v, want %v", r, wantPanic)
+			}
+		}()
+
+		panic(new(Absolute).String())
+	})
+}
+
+func TestAbsoluteIs(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name string
+		a, v *Absolute
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{"nil", (*Absolute)(nil), (*Absolute)(nil), true},
+		{"nil a", (*Absolute)(nil), MustAbs("/"), false},
+		{"nil v", MustAbs("/"), (*Absolute)(nil), false},
+		{"zero", new(Absolute), new(Absolute), false},
+		{"zero a", new(Absolute), MustAbs("/"), false},
+		{"zero v", MustAbs("/"), new(Absolute), false},
+		{"equals", MustAbs("/"), MustAbs("/"), true},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := tc.a.Is(tc.v); got != tc.want {
+				t.Errorf("Is: %v, want %v", got, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+type sCheck struct {
+	Pathname *Absolute `json:"val"`
+	Magic    int       `json:"magic"`
+}
+
+func TestCodecAbsolute(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name string
+		a    *Absolute
+
+		wantErr error
+
+		gob, sGob   string
+		json, sJson string
+	}{
+		{"nil", nil, nil,
+			"\x00", "\x00",
+			`null`, `{"val":null,"magic":3236757504}`},
+
+		{"good", MustAbs("/etc"),
+			nil,
+			"\t\x7f\x05\x01\x02\xff\x82\x00\x00\x00\b\xff\x80\x00\x04/etc",
+			",\xff\x83\x03\x01\x01\x06sCheck\x01\xff\x84\x00\x01\x02\x01\bPathname\x01\xff\x80\x00\x01\x05Magic\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\t\x7f\x05\x01\x02\xff\x82\x00\x00\x00\x10\xff\x84\x01\x04/etc\x01\xfb\x01\x81\xda\x00\x00\x00",
+
+			`"/etc"`, `{"val":"/etc","magic":3236757504}`},
+		{"not absolute", nil,
+			&AbsoluteError{"etc"},
+			"\t\x7f\x05\x01\x02\xff\x82\x00\x00\x00\a\xff\x80\x00\x03etc",
+			",\xff\x83\x03\x01\x01\x06sCheck\x01\xff\x84\x00\x01\x02\x01\bPathname\x01\xff\x80\x00\x01\x05Magic\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\t\x7f\x05\x01\x02\xff\x82\x00\x00\x00\x0f\xff\x84\x01\x03etc\x01\xfb\x01\x81\xda\x00\x00\x00",
+
+			`"etc"`, `{"val":"etc","magic":3236757504}`},
+		{"zero", nil,
+			new(AbsoluteError),
+			"\t\x7f\x05\x01\x02\xff\x82\x00\x00\x00\x04\xff\x80\x00\x00",
+			",\xff\x83\x03\x01\x01\x06sCheck\x01\xff\x84\x00\x01\x02\x01\bPathname\x01\xff\x80\x00\x01\x05Magic\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\t\x7f\x05\x01\x02\xff\x82\x00\x00\x00\f\xff\x84\x01\x00\x01\xfb\x01\x81\xda\x00\x00\x00",
+			`""`, `{"val":"","magic":3236757504}`},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Run("gob", func(t *testing.T) {
+				if tc.gob == "\x00" && tc.sGob == "\x00" {
+					// these values mark the current test to skip gob
+					return
+				}
+
+				t.Run("encode", func(t *testing.T) {
+					// encode is unchecked
+					if errors.Is(tc.wantErr, syscall.EINVAL) {
+						return
+					}
+
+					{
+						buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+						err := gob.NewEncoder(buf).Encode(tc.a)
+						if !errors.Is(err, tc.wantErr) {
+							t.Errorf("Encode: error = %v, want %v", err, tc.wantErr)
+						}
+						if tc.wantErr != nil {
+							goto checkSEncode
+						}
+						if buf.String() != tc.gob {
+							t.Errorf("Encode:\n%q\nwant:\n%q", buf.String(), tc.gob)
+						}
+					}
+
+				checkSEncode:
+					{
+						buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+						err := gob.NewEncoder(buf).Encode(&sCheck{tc.a, syscall.MS_MGC_VAL})
+						if !errors.Is(err, tc.wantErr) {
+							t.Errorf("Encode: error = %v, want %v", err, tc.wantErr)
+						}
+						if tc.wantErr != nil {
+							return
+						}
+						if buf.String() != tc.sGob {
+							t.Errorf("Encode:\n%q\nwant:\n%q", buf.String(), tc.sGob)
+						}
+					}
+				})
+
+				t.Run("decode", func(t *testing.T) {
+					{
+						var gotA *Absolute
+						err := gob.NewDecoder(strings.NewReader(tc.gob)).Decode(&gotA)
+						if !errors.Is(err, tc.wantErr) {
+							t.Errorf("Decode: error = %v, want %v", err, tc.wantErr)
+						}
+						if tc.wantErr != nil {
+							goto checkSDecode
+						}
+						if !reflect.DeepEqual(tc.a, gotA) {
+							t.Errorf("Decode: %#v, want %#v", tc.a, gotA)
+						}
+					}
+
+				checkSDecode:
+					{
+						var gotSCheck sCheck
+						err := gob.NewDecoder(strings.NewReader(tc.sGob)).Decode(&gotSCheck)
+						if !errors.Is(err, tc.wantErr) {
+							t.Errorf("Decode: error = %v, want %v", err, tc.wantErr)
+						}
+						if tc.wantErr != nil {
+							return
+						}
+						want := sCheck{tc.a, syscall.MS_MGC_VAL}
+						if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotSCheck, want) {
+							t.Errorf("Decode: %#v, want %#v", gotSCheck, want)
+						}
+					}
+				})
+
+			})
+
+			t.Run("json", func(t *testing.T) {
+				t.Run("marshal", func(t *testing.T) {
+					// marshal is unchecked
+					if errors.Is(tc.wantErr, syscall.EINVAL) {
+						return
+					}
+
+					{
+						d, err := json.Marshal(tc.a)
+						if !errors.Is(err, tc.wantErr) {
+							t.Errorf("Marshal: error = %v, want %v", err, tc.wantErr)
+						}
+						if tc.wantErr != nil {
+							goto checkSMarshal
+						}
+						if string(d) != tc.json {
+							t.Errorf("Marshal:\n%s\nwant:\n%s", string(d), tc.json)
+						}
+					}
+
+				checkSMarshal:
+					{
+						d, err := json.Marshal(&sCheck{tc.a, syscall.MS_MGC_VAL})
+						if !errors.Is(err, tc.wantErr) {
+							t.Errorf("Marshal: error = %v, want %v", err, tc.wantErr)
+						}
+						if tc.wantErr != nil {
+							return
+						}
+						if string(d) != tc.sJson {
+							t.Errorf("Marshal:\n%s\nwant:\n%s", string(d), tc.sJson)
+						}
+					}
+				})
+
+				t.Run("unmarshal", func(t *testing.T) {
+					{
+						var gotA *Absolute
+						err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(tc.json), &gotA)
+						if !errors.Is(err, tc.wantErr) {
+							t.Errorf("Unmarshal: error = %v, want %v", err, tc.wantErr)
+						}
+						if tc.wantErr != nil {
+							goto checkSUnmarshal
+						}
+						if !reflect.DeepEqual(tc.a, gotA) {
+							t.Errorf("Unmarshal: %#v, want %#v", tc.a, gotA)
+						}
+					}
+
+				checkSUnmarshal:
+					{
+						var gotSCheck sCheck
+						err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(tc.sJson), &gotSCheck)
+						if !errors.Is(err, tc.wantErr) {
+							t.Errorf("Unmarshal: error = %v, want %v", err, tc.wantErr)
+						}
+						if tc.wantErr != nil {
+							return
+						}
+						want := sCheck{tc.a, syscall.MS_MGC_VAL}
+						if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotSCheck, want) {
+							t.Errorf("Unmarshal: %#v, want %#v", gotSCheck, want)
+						}
+					}
+				})
+			})
+		})
+	}
+
+	t.Run("json passthrough", func(t *testing.T) {
+		wantErr := "invalid character ':' looking for beginning of value"
+		if err := new(Absolute).UnmarshalJSON([]byte(":3")); err == nil || err.Error() != wantErr {
+			t.Errorf("UnmarshalJSON: error = %v, want %s", err, wantErr)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestAbsoluteWrap(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("join", func(t *testing.T) {
+		want := "/etc/nix/nix.conf"
+		if got := MustAbs("/etc").Append("nix", "nix.conf"); got.String() != want {
+			t.Errorf("Append: %q, want %q", got, want)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("dir", func(t *testing.T) {
+		want := "/"
+		if got := MustAbs("/etc").Dir(); got.String() != want {
+			t.Errorf("Dir: %q, want %q", got, want)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("sort", func(t *testing.T) {
+		want := []*Absolute{MustAbs("/etc"), MustAbs("/proc"), MustAbs("/sys")}
+		got := []*Absolute{MustAbs("/proc"), MustAbs("/sys"), MustAbs("/etc")}
+		SortAbs(got)
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("SortAbs: %#v, want %#v", got, want)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("compact", func(t *testing.T) {
+		want := []*Absolute{MustAbs("/etc"), MustAbs("/proc"), MustAbs("/sys")}
+		if got := CompactAbs([]*Absolute{MustAbs("/etc"), MustAbs("/proc"), MustAbs("/proc"), MustAbs("/sys")}); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("CompactAbs: %#v, want %#v", got, want)
+		}
+	})
+}

container/autoetc.go

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package container
+
+import (
+	"encoding/gob"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+func init() { gob.Register(new(AutoEtcOp)) }
+
+// Etc appends an [Op] that expands host /etc into a toplevel symlink mirror with /etc semantics.
+// This is not a generic setup op. It is implemented here to reduce ipc overhead.
+func (f *Ops) Etc(host *Absolute, prefix string) *Ops {
+	e := &AutoEtcOp{prefix}
+	f.Mkdir(AbsFHSEtc, 0755)
+	f.Bind(host, e.hostPath(), 0)
+	*f = append(*f, e)
+	return f
+}
+
+type AutoEtcOp struct{ Prefix string }
+
+func (e *AutoEtcOp) Valid() bool                                { return e != nil }
+func (e *AutoEtcOp) early(*setupState, syscallDispatcher) error { return nil }
+func (e *AutoEtcOp) apply(state *setupState, k syscallDispatcher) error {
+	if state.nonrepeatable&nrAutoEtc != 0 {
+		return OpRepeatError("autoetc")
+	}
+	state.nonrepeatable |= nrAutoEtc
+
+	const target = sysrootPath + FHSEtc
+	rel := e.hostRel() + "/"
+
+	if err := k.mkdirAll(target, 0755); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if d, err := k.readdir(toSysroot(e.hostPath().String())); err != nil {
+		return err
+	} else {
+		for _, ent := range d {
+			n := ent.Name()
+			switch n {
+			case ".host", "passwd", "group":
+
+			case "mtab":
+				if err = k.symlink(FHSProc+"mounts", target+n); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+			default:
+				if err = k.symlink(rel+n, target+n); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (e *AutoEtcOp) hostPath() *Absolute { return AbsFHSEtc.Append(e.hostRel()) }
+func (e *AutoEtcOp) hostRel() string     { return ".host/" + e.Prefix }
+
+func (e *AutoEtcOp) Is(op Op) bool {
+	ve, ok := op.(*AutoEtcOp)
+	return ok && e.Valid() && ve.Valid() && *e == *ve
+}
+func (*AutoEtcOp) prefix() (string, bool) { return "setting up", true }
+func (e *AutoEtcOp) String() string       { return fmt.Sprintf("auto etc %s", e.Prefix) }

container/autoetc_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,292 @@
+package container
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"hakurei.app/container/stub"
+)
+
+func TestAutoEtcOp(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("nonrepeatable", func(t *testing.T) {
+		wantErr := OpRepeatError("autoetc")
+		if err := (&AutoEtcOp{Prefix: "81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9"}).apply(&setupState{nonrepeatable: nrAutoEtc}, nil); !errors.Is(err, wantErr) {
+			t.Errorf("apply: error = %v, want %v", err, wantErr)
+		}
+	})
+
+	checkOpBehaviour(t, []opBehaviourTestCase{
+		{"mkdirAll", new(Params), &AutoEtcOp{
+			Prefix: "81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9",
+		}, nil, nil, []stub.Call{
+			call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/etc/", os.FileMode(0755)}, nil, stub.UniqueError(3)),
+		}, stub.UniqueError(3)},
+
+		{"readdir", new(Params), &AutoEtcOp{
+			Prefix: "81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9",
+		}, nil, nil, []stub.Call{
+			call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/etc/", os.FileMode(0755)}, nil, nil),
+			call("readdir", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/etc/.host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9"}, stubDir(), stub.UniqueError(2)),
+		}, stub.UniqueError(2)},
+
+		{"symlink", new(Params), &AutoEtcOp{
+			Prefix: "81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9",
+		}, nil, nil, []stub.Call{
+			call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/etc/", os.FileMode(0755)}, nil, nil),
+			call("readdir", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/etc/.host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9"}, stubDir(".host",
+				"alsa", "bash_logout", "bashrc", "binfmt.d", "dbus-1", "default", "dhcpcd.exit-hook", "fonts",
+				"fstab", "fuse.conf", "group", "host.conf", "hostname", "hosts", "hsurc", "inputrc", "issue", "kbd",
+				"locale.conf", "login.defs", "lsb-release", "lvm", "machine-id", "man_db.conf", "mdadm.conf",
+				"modprobe.d", "modules-load.d", "mtab", "nanorc", "netgroup", "nix", "nixos", "NIXOS", "nscd.conf",
+				"nsswitch.conf", "os-release", "pam", "pam.d", "passwd", "pipewire", "pki", "polkit-1", "profile",
+				"protocols", "resolv.conf", "resolvconf.conf", "rpc", "services", "set-environment", "shadow", "shells",
+				"ssh", "ssl", "static", "subgid", "subuid", "sudoers", "sway", "sysctl.d", "systemd", "terminfo",
+				"tmpfiles.d", "udev", "vconsole.conf", "X11", "xdg", "zoneinfo"), nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/alsa", "/sysroot/etc/alsa"}, nil, stub.UniqueError(1)),
+		}, stub.UniqueError(1)},
+
+		{"symlink mtab", new(Params), &AutoEtcOp{
+			Prefix: "81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9",
+		}, nil, nil, []stub.Call{
+			call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/etc/", os.FileMode(0755)}, nil, nil),
+			call("readdir", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/etc/.host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9"}, stubDir(".host",
+				"alsa", "bash_logout", "bashrc", "binfmt.d", "dbus-1", "default", "dhcpcd.exit-hook", "fonts",
+				"fstab", "fuse.conf", "group", "host.conf", "hostname", "hosts", "hsurc", "inputrc", "issue", "kbd",
+				"locale.conf", "login.defs", "lsb-release", "lvm", "machine-id", "man_db.conf", "mdadm.conf",
+				"modprobe.d", "modules-load.d", "mtab", "nanorc", "netgroup", "nix", "nixos", "NIXOS", "nscd.conf",
+				"nsswitch.conf", "os-release", "pam", "pam.d", "passwd", "pipewire", "pki", "polkit-1", "profile",
+				"protocols", "resolv.conf", "resolvconf.conf", "rpc", "services", "set-environment", "shadow", "shells",
+				"ssh", "ssl", "static", "subgid", "subuid", "sudoers", "sway", "sysctl.d", "systemd", "terminfo",
+				"tmpfiles.d", "udev", "vconsole.conf", "X11", "xdg", "zoneinfo"), nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/alsa", "/sysroot/etc/alsa"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/bash_logout", "/sysroot/etc/bash_logout"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/bashrc", "/sysroot/etc/bashrc"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/binfmt.d", "/sysroot/etc/binfmt.d"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/dbus-1", "/sysroot/etc/dbus-1"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/default", "/sysroot/etc/default"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/dhcpcd.exit-hook", "/sysroot/etc/dhcpcd.exit-hook"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/fonts", "/sysroot/etc/fonts"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/fstab", "/sysroot/etc/fstab"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/fuse.conf", "/sysroot/etc/fuse.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/host.conf", "/sysroot/etc/host.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/hostname", "/sysroot/etc/hostname"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/hosts", "/sysroot/etc/hosts"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/hsurc", "/sysroot/etc/hsurc"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/inputrc", "/sysroot/etc/inputrc"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/issue", "/sysroot/etc/issue"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/kbd", "/sysroot/etc/kbd"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/locale.conf", "/sysroot/etc/locale.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/login.defs", "/sysroot/etc/login.defs"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/lsb-release", "/sysroot/etc/lsb-release"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/lvm", "/sysroot/etc/lvm"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/machine-id", "/sysroot/etc/machine-id"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/man_db.conf", "/sysroot/etc/man_db.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/mdadm.conf", "/sysroot/etc/mdadm.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/modprobe.d", "/sysroot/etc/modprobe.d"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/modules-load.d", "/sysroot/etc/modules-load.d"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{"/proc/mounts", "/sysroot/etc/mtab"}, nil, stub.UniqueError(0)),
+		}, stub.UniqueError(0)},
+
+		{"success nested", new(Params), &AutoEtcOp{
+			Prefix: "81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9",
+		}, nil, nil, []stub.Call{
+			call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/etc/", os.FileMode(0755)}, nil, nil),
+			call("readdir", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/etc/.host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9"}, stubDir(".host",
+				"alsa", "bash_logout", "bashrc", "binfmt.d", "dbus-1", "default", "dhcpcd.exit-hook", "fonts",
+				"fstab", "fuse.conf", "group", "host.conf", "hostname", "hosts", "hsurc", "inputrc", "issue", "kbd",
+				"locale.conf", "login.defs", "lsb-release", "lvm", "machine-id", "man_db.conf", "mdadm.conf",
+				"modprobe.d", "modules-load.d", "mtab", "nanorc", "netgroup", "nix", "nixos", "NIXOS", "nscd.conf",
+				"nsswitch.conf", "os-release", "pam", "pam.d", "passwd", "pipewire", "pki", "polkit-1", "profile",
+				"protocols", "resolv.conf", "resolvconf.conf", "rpc", "services", "set-environment", "shadow", "shells",
+				"ssh", "ssl", "static", "subgid", "subuid", "sudoers", "sway", "sysctl.d", "systemd", "terminfo",
+				"tmpfiles.d", "udev", "vconsole.conf", "X11", "xdg", "zoneinfo"), nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/alsa", "/sysroot/etc/alsa"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/bash_logout", "/sysroot/etc/bash_logout"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/bashrc", "/sysroot/etc/bashrc"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/binfmt.d", "/sysroot/etc/binfmt.d"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/dbus-1", "/sysroot/etc/dbus-1"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/default", "/sysroot/etc/default"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/dhcpcd.exit-hook", "/sysroot/etc/dhcpcd.exit-hook"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/fonts", "/sysroot/etc/fonts"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/fstab", "/sysroot/etc/fstab"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/fuse.conf", "/sysroot/etc/fuse.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/host.conf", "/sysroot/etc/host.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/hostname", "/sysroot/etc/hostname"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/hosts", "/sysroot/etc/hosts"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/hsurc", "/sysroot/etc/hsurc"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/inputrc", "/sysroot/etc/inputrc"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/issue", "/sysroot/etc/issue"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/kbd", "/sysroot/etc/kbd"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/locale.conf", "/sysroot/etc/locale.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/login.defs", "/sysroot/etc/login.defs"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/lsb-release", "/sysroot/etc/lsb-release"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/lvm", "/sysroot/etc/lvm"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/machine-id", "/sysroot/etc/machine-id"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/man_db.conf", "/sysroot/etc/man_db.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/mdadm.conf", "/sysroot/etc/mdadm.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/modprobe.d", "/sysroot/etc/modprobe.d"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/modules-load.d", "/sysroot/etc/modules-load.d"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{"/proc/mounts", "/sysroot/etc/mtab"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/nanorc", "/sysroot/etc/nanorc"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/netgroup", "/sysroot/etc/netgroup"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/nix", "/sysroot/etc/nix"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/nixos", "/sysroot/etc/nixos"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/NIXOS", "/sysroot/etc/NIXOS"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/nscd.conf", "/sysroot/etc/nscd.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/nsswitch.conf", "/sysroot/etc/nsswitch.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/os-release", "/sysroot/etc/os-release"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/pam", "/sysroot/etc/pam"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/pam.d", "/sysroot/etc/pam.d"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/pipewire", "/sysroot/etc/pipewire"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/pki", "/sysroot/etc/pki"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/polkit-1", "/sysroot/etc/polkit-1"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/profile", "/sysroot/etc/profile"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/protocols", "/sysroot/etc/protocols"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/resolv.conf", "/sysroot/etc/resolv.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/resolvconf.conf", "/sysroot/etc/resolvconf.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/rpc", "/sysroot/etc/rpc"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/services", "/sysroot/etc/services"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/set-environment", "/sysroot/etc/set-environment"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/shadow", "/sysroot/etc/shadow"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/shells", "/sysroot/etc/shells"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/ssh", "/sysroot/etc/ssh"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/ssl", "/sysroot/etc/ssl"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/static", "/sysroot/etc/static"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/subgid", "/sysroot/etc/subgid"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/subuid", "/sysroot/etc/subuid"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/sudoers", "/sysroot/etc/sudoers"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/sway", "/sysroot/etc/sway"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/sysctl.d", "/sysroot/etc/sysctl.d"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/systemd", "/sysroot/etc/systemd"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/terminfo", "/sysroot/etc/terminfo"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/tmpfiles.d", "/sysroot/etc/tmpfiles.d"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/udev", "/sysroot/etc/udev"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/vconsole.conf", "/sysroot/etc/vconsole.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/X11", "/sysroot/etc/X11"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/xdg", "/sysroot/etc/xdg"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/zoneinfo", "/sysroot/etc/zoneinfo"}, nil, nil),
+		}, nil},
+
+		{"success", new(Params), &AutoEtcOp{
+			Prefix: "81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9",
+		}, nil, nil, []stub.Call{
+			call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/etc/", os.FileMode(0755)}, nil, nil),
+			call("readdir", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/etc/.host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9"}, stubDir(
+				"alsa", "bash_logout", "bashrc", "binfmt.d", "dbus-1", "default", "dhcpcd.exit-hook", "fonts",
+				"fstab", "fuse.conf", "group", "host.conf", "hostname", "hosts", "hsurc", "inputrc", "issue", "kbd",
+				"locale.conf", "login.defs", "lsb-release", "lvm", "machine-id", "man_db.conf", "mdadm.conf",
+				"modprobe.d", "modules-load.d", "mtab", "nanorc", "netgroup", "nix", "nixos", "NIXOS", "nscd.conf",
+				"nsswitch.conf", "os-release", "pam", "pam.d", "passwd", "pipewire", "pki", "polkit-1", "profile",
+				"protocols", "resolv.conf", "resolvconf.conf", "rpc", "services", "set-environment", "shadow", "shells",
+				"ssh", "ssl", "static", "subgid", "subuid", "sudoers", "sway", "sysctl.d", "systemd", "terminfo",
+				"tmpfiles.d", "udev", "vconsole.conf", "X11", "xdg", "zoneinfo"), nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/alsa", "/sysroot/etc/alsa"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/bash_logout", "/sysroot/etc/bash_logout"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/bashrc", "/sysroot/etc/bashrc"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/binfmt.d", "/sysroot/etc/binfmt.d"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/dbus-1", "/sysroot/etc/dbus-1"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/default", "/sysroot/etc/default"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/dhcpcd.exit-hook", "/sysroot/etc/dhcpcd.exit-hook"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/fonts", "/sysroot/etc/fonts"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/fstab", "/sysroot/etc/fstab"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/fuse.conf", "/sysroot/etc/fuse.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/host.conf", "/sysroot/etc/host.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/hostname", "/sysroot/etc/hostname"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/hosts", "/sysroot/etc/hosts"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/hsurc", "/sysroot/etc/hsurc"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/inputrc", "/sysroot/etc/inputrc"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/issue", "/sysroot/etc/issue"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/kbd", "/sysroot/etc/kbd"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/locale.conf", "/sysroot/etc/locale.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/login.defs", "/sysroot/etc/login.defs"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/lsb-release", "/sysroot/etc/lsb-release"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/lvm", "/sysroot/etc/lvm"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/machine-id", "/sysroot/etc/machine-id"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/man_db.conf", "/sysroot/etc/man_db.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/mdadm.conf", "/sysroot/etc/mdadm.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/modprobe.d", "/sysroot/etc/modprobe.d"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/modules-load.d", "/sysroot/etc/modules-load.d"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{"/proc/mounts", "/sysroot/etc/mtab"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/nanorc", "/sysroot/etc/nanorc"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/netgroup", "/sysroot/etc/netgroup"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/nix", "/sysroot/etc/nix"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/nixos", "/sysroot/etc/nixos"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/NIXOS", "/sysroot/etc/NIXOS"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/nscd.conf", "/sysroot/etc/nscd.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/nsswitch.conf", "/sysroot/etc/nsswitch.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/os-release", "/sysroot/etc/os-release"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/pam", "/sysroot/etc/pam"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/pam.d", "/sysroot/etc/pam.d"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/pipewire", "/sysroot/etc/pipewire"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/pki", "/sysroot/etc/pki"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/polkit-1", "/sysroot/etc/polkit-1"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/profile", "/sysroot/etc/profile"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/protocols", "/sysroot/etc/protocols"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/resolv.conf", "/sysroot/etc/resolv.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/resolvconf.conf", "/sysroot/etc/resolvconf.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/rpc", "/sysroot/etc/rpc"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/services", "/sysroot/etc/services"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/set-environment", "/sysroot/etc/set-environment"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/shadow", "/sysroot/etc/shadow"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/shells", "/sysroot/etc/shells"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/ssh", "/sysroot/etc/ssh"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/ssl", "/sysroot/etc/ssl"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/static", "/sysroot/etc/static"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/subgid", "/sysroot/etc/subgid"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/subuid", "/sysroot/etc/subuid"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/sudoers", "/sysroot/etc/sudoers"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/sway", "/sysroot/etc/sway"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/sysctl.d", "/sysroot/etc/sysctl.d"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/systemd", "/sysroot/etc/systemd"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/terminfo", "/sysroot/etc/terminfo"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/tmpfiles.d", "/sysroot/etc/tmpfiles.d"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/udev", "/sysroot/etc/udev"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/vconsole.conf", "/sysroot/etc/vconsole.conf"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/X11", "/sysroot/etc/X11"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/xdg", "/sysroot/etc/xdg"}, nil, nil),
+			call("symlink", stub.ExpectArgs{".host/81ceabb30d37bbdb3868004629cb84e9/zoneinfo", "/sysroot/etc/zoneinfo"}, nil, nil),
+		}, nil},
+	})
+
+	checkOpsValid(t, []opValidTestCase{
+		{"nil", (*AutoEtcOp)(nil), false},
+		{"zero", new(AutoEtcOp), true},
+		{"populated", &AutoEtcOp{Prefix: ":3"}, true},
+	})
+
+	checkOpsBuilder(t, []opsBuilderTestCase{
+		{"pd", new(Ops).Etc(MustAbs("/etc/"), "048090b6ed8f9ebb10e275ff5d8c0659"), Ops{
+			&MkdirOp{Path: MustAbs("/etc/"), Perm: 0755},
+			&BindMountOp{
+				Source: MustAbs("/etc/"),
+				Target: MustAbs("/etc/.host/048090b6ed8f9ebb10e275ff5d8c0659"),
+			},
+			&AutoEtcOp{Prefix: "048090b6ed8f9ebb10e275ff5d8c0659"},
+		}},
+	})
+
+	checkOpIs(t, []opIsTestCase{
+		{"zero", new(AutoEtcOp), new(AutoEtcOp), true},
+		{"differs", &AutoEtcOp{Prefix: "\x00"}, &AutoEtcOp{":3"}, false},
+		{"equals", &AutoEtcOp{Prefix: ":3"}, &AutoEtcOp{":3"}, true},
+	})
+
+	checkOpMeta(t, []opMetaTestCase{
+		{"etc", &AutoEtcOp{
+			Prefix: ":3",
+		}, "setting up", "auto etc :3"},
+	})
+
+	t.Run("host path rel", func(t *testing.T) {
+		op := &AutoEtcOp{Prefix: "048090b6ed8f9ebb10e275ff5d8c0659"}
+		wantHostPath := "/etc/.host/048090b6ed8f9ebb10e275ff5d8c0659"
+		wantHostRel := ".host/048090b6ed8f9ebb10e275ff5d8c0659"
+		if got := op.hostPath(); got.String() != wantHostPath {
+			t.Errorf("hostPath: %q, want %q", got, wantHostPath)
+		}
+		if got := op.hostRel(); got != wantHostRel {
+			t.Errorf("hostRel: %q, want %q", got, wantHostRel)
+		}
+	})
+}

container/autoroot.go

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+package container
+
+import (
+	"encoding/gob"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+func init() { gob.Register(new(AutoRootOp)) }
+
+// Root appends an [Op] that expands a directory into a toplevel bind mount mirror on container root.
+// This is not a generic setup op. It is implemented here to reduce ipc overhead.
+func (f *Ops) Root(host *Absolute, flags int) *Ops {
+	*f = append(*f, &AutoRootOp{host, flags, nil})
+	return f
+}
+
+type AutoRootOp struct {
+	Host *Absolute
+	// passed through to bindMount
+	Flags int
+
+	// obtained during early;
+	// these wrap the underlying Op because BindMountOp is relatively complex,
+	// so duplicating that code would be unwise
+	resolved []*BindMountOp
+}
+
+func (r *AutoRootOp) Valid() bool { return r != nil && r.Host != nil }
+
+func (r *AutoRootOp) early(state *setupState, k syscallDispatcher) error {
+	if d, err := k.readdir(r.Host.String()); err != nil {
+		return err
+	} else {
+		r.resolved = make([]*BindMountOp, 0, len(d))
+		for _, ent := range d {
+			name := ent.Name()
+			if IsAutoRootBindable(name) {
+				// careful: the Valid method is skipped, make sure this is always valid
+				op := &BindMountOp{
+					Source: r.Host.Append(name),
+					Target: AbsFHSRoot.Append(name),
+					Flags:  r.Flags,
+				}
+				if err = op.early(state, k); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				r.resolved = append(r.resolved, op)
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func (r *AutoRootOp) apply(state *setupState, k syscallDispatcher) error {
+	if state.nonrepeatable&nrAutoRoot != 0 {
+		return OpRepeatError("autoroot")
+	}
+	state.nonrepeatable |= nrAutoRoot
+
+	for _, op := range r.resolved {
+		// these are exclusively BindMountOp, do not attempt to print identifying message
+		if err := op.apply(state, k); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (r *AutoRootOp) Is(op Op) bool {
+	vr, ok := op.(*AutoRootOp)
+	return ok && r.Valid() && vr.Valid() &&
+		r.Host.Is(vr.Host) &&
+		r.Flags == vr.Flags
+}
+func (*AutoRootOp) prefix() (string, bool) { return "setting up", true }
+func (r *AutoRootOp) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("auto root %q flags %#x", r.Host, r.Flags)
+}
+
+// IsAutoRootBindable returns whether a dir entry name is selected for AutoRoot.
+func IsAutoRootBindable(name string) bool {
+	switch name {
+	case "proc", "dev", "tmp", "mnt", "etc":
+
+	case "": // guard against accidentally binding /
+		// should be unreachable
+		msg.Verbose("got unexpected root entry")
+
+	default:
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}

container/autoroot_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+package container
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"hakurei.app/container/stub"
+)
+
+func TestAutoRootOp(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("nonrepeatable", func(t *testing.T) {
+		wantErr := OpRepeatError("autoroot")
+		if err := new(AutoRootOp).apply(&setupState{nonrepeatable: nrAutoRoot}, nil); !errors.Is(err, wantErr) {
+			t.Errorf("apply: error = %v, want %v", err, wantErr)
+		}
+	})
+
+	checkOpBehaviour(t, []opBehaviourTestCase{
+		{"readdir", &Params{ParentPerm: 0750}, &AutoRootOp{
+			Host:  MustAbs("/"),
+			Flags: BindWritable,
+		}, []stub.Call{
+			call("readdir", stub.ExpectArgs{"/"}, stubDir(), stub.UniqueError(2)),
+		}, stub.UniqueError(2), nil, nil},
+
+		{"early", &Params{ParentPerm: 0750}, &AutoRootOp{
+			Host:  MustAbs("/"),
+			Flags: BindWritable,
+		}, []stub.Call{
+			call("readdir", stub.ExpectArgs{"/"}, stubDir("bin", "dev", "etc", "home", "lib64",
+				"lost+found", "mnt", "nix", "proc", "root", "run", "srv", "sys", "tmp", "usr", "var"), nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/bin"}, "", stub.UniqueError(1)),
+		}, stub.UniqueError(1), nil, nil},
+
+		{"apply", &Params{ParentPerm: 0750}, &AutoRootOp{
+			Host:  MustAbs("/"),
+			Flags: BindWritable,
+		}, []stub.Call{
+			call("readdir", stub.ExpectArgs{"/"}, stubDir("bin", "dev", "etc", "home", "lib64",
+				"lost+found", "mnt", "nix", "proc", "root", "run", "srv", "sys", "tmp", "usr", "var"), nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/bin"}, "/usr/bin", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/home"}, "/home", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/lib64"}, "/lib64", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/lost+found"}, "/lost+found", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/nix"}, "/nix", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/root"}, "/root", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/run"}, "/run", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/srv"}, "/srv", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sys"}, "/sys", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/usr"}, "/usr", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/var"}, "/var", nil),
+		}, nil, []stub.Call{
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/usr/bin"}, isDirFi(false), stub.UniqueError(0)),
+		}, stub.UniqueError(0)},
+
+		{"success pd", &Params{ParentPerm: 0750}, &AutoRootOp{
+			Host:  MustAbs("/"),
+			Flags: BindWritable,
+		}, []stub.Call{
+			call("readdir", stub.ExpectArgs{"/"}, stubDir("bin", "dev", "etc", "home", "lib64",
+				"lost+found", "mnt", "nix", "proc", "root", "run", "srv", "sys", "tmp", "usr", "var"), nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/bin"}, "/usr/bin", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/home"}, "/home", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/lib64"}, "/lib64", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/lost+found"}, "/lost+found", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/nix"}, "/nix", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/root"}, "/root", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/run"}, "/run", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/srv"}, "/srv", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sys"}, "/sys", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/usr"}, "/usr", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/var"}, "/var", nil),
+		}, nil, []stub.Call{
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/usr/bin"}, isDirFi(true), nil), call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/bin", os.FileMode(0700)}, nil, nil), call("verbosef", stub.ExpectArgs{"mounting %q on %q flags %#x", []any{"/host/usr/bin", "/sysroot/bin", uintptr(0x4004)}}, nil, nil), call("bindMount", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/usr/bin", "/sysroot/bin", uintptr(0x4004), false}, nil, nil),
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/home"}, isDirFi(true), nil), call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/home", os.FileMode(0700)}, nil, nil), call("verbosef", stub.ExpectArgs{"mounting %q flags %#x", []any{"/sysroot/home", uintptr(0x4004)}}, nil, nil), call("bindMount", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/home", "/sysroot/home", uintptr(0x4004), false}, nil, nil),
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/lib64"}, isDirFi(true), nil), call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/lib64", os.FileMode(0700)}, nil, nil), call("verbosef", stub.ExpectArgs{"mounting %q flags %#x", []any{"/sysroot/lib64", uintptr(0x4004)}}, nil, nil), call("bindMount", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/lib64", "/sysroot/lib64", uintptr(0x4004), false}, nil, nil),
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/lost+found"}, isDirFi(true), nil), call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/lost+found", os.FileMode(0700)}, nil, nil), call("verbosef", stub.ExpectArgs{"mounting %q flags %#x", []any{"/sysroot/lost+found", uintptr(0x4004)}}, nil, nil), call("bindMount", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/lost+found", "/sysroot/lost+found", uintptr(0x4004), false}, nil, nil),
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/nix"}, isDirFi(true), nil), call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/nix", os.FileMode(0700)}, nil, nil), call("verbosef", stub.ExpectArgs{"mounting %q flags %#x", []any{"/sysroot/nix", uintptr(0x4004)}}, nil, nil), call("bindMount", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/nix", "/sysroot/nix", uintptr(0x4004), false}, nil, nil),
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/root"}, isDirFi(true), nil), call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/root", os.FileMode(0700)}, nil, nil), call("verbosef", stub.ExpectArgs{"mounting %q flags %#x", []any{"/sysroot/root", uintptr(0x4004)}}, nil, nil), call("bindMount", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/root", "/sysroot/root", uintptr(0x4004), false}, nil, nil),
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/run"}, isDirFi(true), nil), call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/run", os.FileMode(0700)}, nil, nil), call("verbosef", stub.ExpectArgs{"mounting %q flags %#x", []any{"/sysroot/run", uintptr(0x4004)}}, nil, nil), call("bindMount", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/run", "/sysroot/run", uintptr(0x4004), false}, nil, nil),
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/srv"}, isDirFi(true), nil), call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/srv", os.FileMode(0700)}, nil, nil), call("verbosef", stub.ExpectArgs{"mounting %q flags %#x", []any{"/sysroot/srv", uintptr(0x4004)}}, nil, nil), call("bindMount", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/srv", "/sysroot/srv", uintptr(0x4004), false}, nil, nil),
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/sys"}, isDirFi(true), nil), call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/sys", os.FileMode(0700)}, nil, nil), call("verbosef", stub.ExpectArgs{"mounting %q flags %#x", []any{"/sysroot/sys", uintptr(0x4004)}}, nil, nil), call("bindMount", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/sys", "/sysroot/sys", uintptr(0x4004), false}, nil, nil),
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/usr"}, isDirFi(true), nil), call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/usr", os.FileMode(0700)}, nil, nil), call("verbosef", stub.ExpectArgs{"mounting %q flags %#x", []any{"/sysroot/usr", uintptr(0x4004)}}, nil, nil), call("bindMount", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/usr", "/sysroot/usr", uintptr(0x4004), false}, nil, nil),
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var"}, isDirFi(true), nil), call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/var", os.FileMode(0700)}, nil, nil), call("verbosef", stub.ExpectArgs{"mounting %q flags %#x", []any{"/sysroot/var", uintptr(0x4004)}}, nil, nil), call("bindMount", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var", "/sysroot/var", uintptr(0x4004), false}, nil, nil),
+		}, nil},
+
+		{"success", &Params{ParentPerm: 0750}, &AutoRootOp{
+			Host: MustAbs("/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052"),
+		}, []stub.Call{
+			call("readdir", stub.ExpectArgs{"/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052"}, stubDir("bin", "dev", "etc", "home", "lib64",
+				"lost+found", "mnt", "nix", "proc", "root", "run", "srv", "sys", "tmp", "usr", "var"), nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/bin"}, "/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/usr/bin", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/home"}, "/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/home", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/lib64"}, "/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/lib64", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/lost+found"}, "/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/lost+found", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/nix"}, "/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/nix", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/root"}, "/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/root", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/run"}, "/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/run", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/srv"}, "/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/srv", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/sys"}, "/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/sys", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/usr"}, "/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/usr", nil),
+			call("evalSymlinks", stub.ExpectArgs{"/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/var"}, "/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/var", nil),
+		}, nil, []stub.Call{
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/usr/bin"}, isDirFi(true), nil), call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/bin", os.FileMode(0700)}, nil, nil), call("verbosef", stub.ExpectArgs{"mounting %q on %q flags %#x", []any{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/usr/bin", "/sysroot/bin", uintptr(0x4005)}}, nil, nil), call("bindMount", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/usr/bin", "/sysroot/bin", uintptr(0x4005), false}, nil, nil),
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/home"}, isDirFi(true), nil), call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/home", os.FileMode(0700)}, nil, nil), call("verbosef", stub.ExpectArgs{"mounting %q on %q flags %#x", []any{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/home", "/sysroot/home", uintptr(0x4005)}}, nil, nil), call("bindMount", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/home", "/sysroot/home", uintptr(0x4005), false}, nil, nil),
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/lib64"}, isDirFi(true), nil), call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/lib64", os.FileMode(0700)}, nil, nil), call("verbosef", stub.ExpectArgs{"mounting %q on %q flags %#x", []any{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/lib64", "/sysroot/lib64", uintptr(0x4005)}}, nil, nil), call("bindMount", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/lib64", "/sysroot/lib64", uintptr(0x4005), false}, nil, nil),
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/lost+found"}, isDirFi(true), nil), call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/lost+found", os.FileMode(0700)}, nil, nil), call("verbosef", stub.ExpectArgs{"mounting %q on %q flags %#x", []any{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/lost+found", "/sysroot/lost+found", uintptr(0x4005)}}, nil, nil), call("bindMount", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/lost+found", "/sysroot/lost+found", uintptr(0x4005), false}, nil, nil),
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/nix"}, isDirFi(true), nil), call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/nix", os.FileMode(0700)}, nil, nil), call("verbosef", stub.ExpectArgs{"mounting %q on %q flags %#x", []any{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/nix", "/sysroot/nix", uintptr(0x4005)}}, nil, nil), call("bindMount", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/nix", "/sysroot/nix", uintptr(0x4005), false}, nil, nil),
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/root"}, isDirFi(true), nil), call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/root", os.FileMode(0700)}, nil, nil), call("verbosef", stub.ExpectArgs{"mounting %q on %q flags %#x", []any{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/root", "/sysroot/root", uintptr(0x4005)}}, nil, nil), call("bindMount", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/root", "/sysroot/root", uintptr(0x4005), false}, nil, nil),
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/run"}, isDirFi(true), nil), call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/run", os.FileMode(0700)}, nil, nil), call("verbosef", stub.ExpectArgs{"mounting %q on %q flags %#x", []any{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/run", "/sysroot/run", uintptr(0x4005)}}, nil, nil), call("bindMount", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/run", "/sysroot/run", uintptr(0x4005), false}, nil, nil),
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/srv"}, isDirFi(true), nil), call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/srv", os.FileMode(0700)}, nil, nil), call("verbosef", stub.ExpectArgs{"mounting %q on %q flags %#x", []any{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/srv", "/sysroot/srv", uintptr(0x4005)}}, nil, nil), call("bindMount", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/srv", "/sysroot/srv", uintptr(0x4005), false}, nil, nil),
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/sys"}, isDirFi(true), nil), call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/sys", os.FileMode(0700)}, nil, nil), call("verbosef", stub.ExpectArgs{"mounting %q on %q flags %#x", []any{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/sys", "/sysroot/sys", uintptr(0x4005)}}, nil, nil), call("bindMount", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/sys", "/sysroot/sys", uintptr(0x4005), false}, nil, nil),
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/usr"}, isDirFi(true), nil), call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/usr", os.FileMode(0700)}, nil, nil), call("verbosef", stub.ExpectArgs{"mounting %q on %q flags %#x", []any{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/usr", "/sysroot/usr", uintptr(0x4005)}}, nil, nil), call("bindMount", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/usr", "/sysroot/usr", uintptr(0x4005), false}, nil, nil),
+			call("stat", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/var"}, isDirFi(true), nil), call("mkdirAll", stub.ExpectArgs{"/sysroot/var", os.FileMode(0700)}, nil, nil), call("verbosef", stub.ExpectArgs{"mounting %q on %q flags %#x", []any{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/var", "/sysroot/var", uintptr(0x4005)}}, nil, nil), call("bindMount", stub.ExpectArgs{"/host/var/lib/planterette/base/debian:f92c9052/var", "/sysroot/var", uintptr(0x4005), false}, nil, nil),
+		}, nil},
+	})
+
+	checkOpsValid(t, []opValidTestCase{
+		{"nil", (*AutoRootOp)(nil), false},
+		{"zero", new(AutoRootOp), false},
+		{"valid", &AutoRootOp{Host: MustAbs("/")}, true},
+	})
+
+	checkOpsBuilder(t, []opsBuilderTestCase{
+		{"pd", new(Ops).Root(MustAbs("/"), BindWritable), Ops{
+			&AutoRootOp{
+				Host:  MustAbs("/"),
+				Flags: BindWritable,
+			},
+		}},
+	})
+
+	checkOpIs(t, []opIsTestCase{
+		{"zero", new(AutoRootOp), new(AutoRootOp), false},
+
+		{"internal ne", &AutoRootOp{
+			Host:  MustAbs("/"),
+			Flags: BindWritable,
+		}, &AutoRootOp{
+			Host:     MustAbs("/"),
+			Flags:    BindWritable,
+			resolved: []*BindMountOp{new(BindMountOp)},
+		}, true},
+
+		{"flags differs", &AutoRootOp{
+			Host:  MustAbs("/"),
+			Flags: BindWritable | BindDevice,
+		}, &AutoRootOp{
+			Host:  MustAbs("/"),
+			Flags: BindWritable,
+		}, false},
+
+		{"host differs", &AutoRootOp{
+			Host:  MustAbs("/tmp/"),
+			Flags: BindWritable,
+		}, &AutoRootOp{
+			Host:  MustAbs("/"),
+			Flags: BindWritable,
+		}, false},
+
+		{"equals", &AutoRootOp{
+			Host:  MustAbs("/"),
+			Flags: BindWritable,
+		}, &AutoRootOp{
+			Host:  MustAbs("/"),
+			Flags: BindWritable,
+		}, true},
+	})
+
+	checkOpMeta(t, []opMetaTestCase{
+		{"root", &AutoRootOp{
+			Host:  MustAbs("/"),
+			Flags: BindWritable,
+		}, "setting up", `auto root "/" flags 0x2`},
+	})
+}
+
+func TestIsAutoRootBindable(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name string
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{"proc", false},
+		{"dev", false},
+		{"tmp", false},
+		{"mnt", false},
+		{"etc", false},
+		{"", false},
+
+		{"var", true},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := IsAutoRootBindable(tc.name); got != tc.want {
+				t.Errorf("IsAutoRootBindable: %v, want %v", got, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

container/capability.go

@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ const (
 	PR_CAP_AMBIENT_RAISE     = 0x2
 	PR_CAP_AMBIENT_CLEAR_ALL = 0x4
 
-	CAP_SYS_ADMIN = 0x15
-	CAP_SETPCAP   = 0x8
+	CAP_SYS_ADMIN    = 0x15
+	CAP_SETPCAP      = 0x8
+	CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE = 0x1
 )
 
 type (
@@ -36,9 +37,52 @@ func capToIndex(cap uintptr) uintptr { return cap >> 5 }
 func capToMask(cap uintptr) uint32 { return 1 << uint(cap&31) }
 
 func capset(hdrp *capHeader, datap *[2]capData) error {
-	if _, _, errno := syscall.Syscall(syscall.SYS_CAPSET,
+	r, _, errno := syscall.Syscall(
+		syscall.SYS_CAPSET,
 		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(hdrp)),
-		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&datap[0])), 0); errno != 0 {
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&datap[0])), 0,
+	)
+	if r != 0 {
+		return errno
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// capBoundingSetDrop drops a capability from the calling thread's capability bounding set.
+func capBoundingSetDrop(cap uintptr) error {
+	r, _, errno := syscall.Syscall(
+		syscall.SYS_PRCTL,
+		syscall.PR_CAPBSET_DROP,
+		cap, 0,
+	)
+	if r != 0 {
+		return errno
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// capAmbientClearAll clears the ambient capability set of the calling thread.
+func capAmbientClearAll() error {
+	r, _, errno := syscall.Syscall(
+		syscall.SYS_PRCTL,
+		PR_CAP_AMBIENT,
+		PR_CAP_AMBIENT_CLEAR_ALL, 0,
+	)
+	if r != 0 {
+		return errno
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// capAmbientRaise adds to the ambient capability set of the calling thread.
+func capAmbientRaise(cap uintptr) error {
+	r, _, errno := syscall.Syscall(
+		syscall.SYS_PRCTL,
+		PR_CAP_AMBIENT,
+		PR_CAP_AMBIENT_RAISE,
+		cap,
+	)
+	if r != 0 {
 		return errno
 	}
 	return nil

container/capability_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package container
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestCapToIndex(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name string
+		cap  uintptr
+		want uintptr
+	}{
+		{"CAP_SYS_ADMIN", CAP_SYS_ADMIN, 0},
+		{"CAP_SETPCAP", CAP_SETPCAP, 0},
+		{"CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE", CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE, 0},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := capToIndex(tc.cap); got != tc.want {
+				t.Errorf("capToIndex: %#x, want %#x", got, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCapToMask(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name string
+		cap  uintptr
+		want uint32
+	}{
+		{"CAP_SYS_ADMIN", CAP_SYS_ADMIN, 0x200000},
+		{"CAP_SETPCAP", CAP_SETPCAP, 0x100},
+		{"CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE", CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE, 0x2},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := capToMask(tc.cap); got != tc.want {
+				t.Errorf("capToMask: %#x, want %#x", got, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

container/container.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
-	"path"
+	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	. "syscall"
 	"time"
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	// Nonexistent is a path that cannot exist.
-	// /proc is chosen because a system with covered /proc is unsupported by this package.
-	Nonexistent = "/proc/nonexistent"
-
 	// CancelSignal is the signal expected by container init on context cancel.
 	// A custom [Container.Cancel] function must eventually deliver this signal.
 	CancelSignal = SIGTERM
@@ -31,8 +27,6 @@ type (
 	// Container represents a container environment being prepared or run.
 	// None of [Container] methods are safe for concurrent use.
 	Container struct {
-		// Name of initial process in the container.
-		name string
 		// Cgroup fd, nil to disable.
 		Cgroup *int
 		// ExtraFiles passed through to initial process in the container,
@@ -43,6 +37,8 @@ type (
 		setup *gob.Encoder
 		// cancels cmd
 		cancel context.CancelFunc
+		// closed after Wait returns
+		wait chan struct{}
 
 		Stdin  io.Reader
 		Stdout io.Writer
@@ -59,16 +55,16 @@ type (
 	// Params holds container configuration and is safe to serialise.
 	Params struct {
 		// Working directory in the container.
-		Dir string
+		Dir *Absolute
 		// Initial process environment.
 		Env []string
-		// Absolute path of initial process in the container. Overrides name.
-		Path string
+		// Pathname of initial process in the container.
+		Path *Absolute
 		// Initial process argv.
 		Args []string
 		// Deliver SIGINT to the initial process on context cancellation.
 		ForwardCancel bool
-		// time to wait for linger processes after death of initial process
+		// Time to wait for processes lingering after the initial process terminates.
 		AdoptWaitDelay time.Duration
 
 		// Mapped Uid in user namespace.
@@ -96,27 +92,73 @@ type (
 		RetainSession bool
 		// Do not [syscall.CLONE_NEWNET].
 		HostNet bool
+		// Do not [LANDLOCK_SCOPE_ABSTRACT_UNIX_SOCKET].
+		HostAbstract bool
 		// Retain CAP_SYS_ADMIN.
 		Privileged bool
 	}
 )
 
+// A StartError contains additional information on a container startup failure.
+type StartError struct {
+	// Fatal suggests whether this error should be considered fatal for the entire program.
+	Fatal bool
+	// Step refers to the part of the setup this error is returned from.
+	Step string
+	// Err is the underlying error.
+	Err error
+	// Origin is whether this error originated from the [Container.Start] method.
+	Origin bool
+	// Passthrough is whether the Error method is passed through to Err.
+	Passthrough bool
+}
+
+func (e *StartError) Unwrap() error { return e.Err }
+func (e *StartError) Error() string {
+	if e.Passthrough {
+		return e.Err.Error()
+	}
+	if e.Origin {
+		return e.Step
+	}
+
+	{
+		var syscallError *os.SyscallError
+		if errors.As(e.Err, &syscallError) && syscallError != nil {
+			return e.Step + " " + syscallError.Error()
+		}
+	}
+
+	return e.Step + ": " + e.Err.Error()
+}
+
+// Message returns a user-facing error message.
+func (e *StartError) Message() string {
+	if e.Passthrough {
+		switch {
+		case errors.As(e.Err, new(*os.PathError)),
+			errors.As(e.Err, new(*os.SyscallError)):
+			return "cannot " + e.Err.Error()
+
+		default:
+			return e.Err.Error()
+		}
+	}
+	if e.Origin {
+		return e.Step
+	}
+	return "cannot " + e.Error()
+}
+
 // Start starts the container init. The init process blocks until Serve is called.
 func (p *Container) Start() error {
-	if p.cmd != nil {
+	if p == nil || p.cmd == nil ||
+		p.Ops == nil || len(*p.Ops) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("container: starting an invalid container")
+	}
+	if p.cmd.Process != nil {
 		return errors.New("container: already started")
 	}
-	if p.Ops == nil || len(*p.Ops) == 0 {
-		return errors.New("container: starting an empty container")
-	}
-
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(p.ctx)
-	p.cancel = cancel
-
-	var cloneFlags uintptr = CLONE_NEWIPC | CLONE_NEWUTS | CLONE_NEWCGROUP
-	if !p.HostNet {
-		cloneFlags |= CLONE_NEWNET
-	}
 
 	// map to overflow id to work around ownership checks
 	if p.Uid < 1 {
@@ -138,45 +180,120 @@ func (p *Container) Start() error {
 		p.AdoptWaitDelay = 0
 	}
 
-	p.cmd = exec.CommandContext(ctx, MustExecutable())
+	if p.cmd.Stdin == nil {
+		p.cmd.Stdin = p.Stdin
+	}
+	if p.cmd.Stdout == nil {
+		p.cmd.Stdout = p.Stdout
+	}
+	if p.cmd.Stderr == nil {
+		p.cmd.Stderr = p.Stderr
+	}
+
 	p.cmd.Args = []string{initName}
-	p.cmd.Stdin, p.cmd.Stdout, p.cmd.Stderr = p.Stdin, p.Stdout, p.Stderr
 	p.cmd.WaitDelay = p.WaitDelay
 	if p.Cancel != nil {
 		p.cmd.Cancel = func() error { return p.Cancel(p.cmd) }
 	} else {
 		p.cmd.Cancel = func() error { return p.cmd.Process.Signal(CancelSignal) }
 	}
-	p.cmd.Dir = "/"
+	p.cmd.Dir = FHSRoot
 	p.cmd.SysProcAttr = &SysProcAttr{
-		Setsid:     !p.RetainSession,
-		Pdeathsig:  SIGKILL,
-		Cloneflags: cloneFlags | CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWPID | CLONE_NEWNS,
+		Setsid:    !p.RetainSession,
+		Pdeathsig: SIGKILL,
+		Cloneflags: CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWPID | CLONE_NEWNS |
+			CLONE_NEWIPC | CLONE_NEWUTS | CLONE_NEWCGROUP,
 
-		// remain privileged for setup
-		AmbientCaps: []uintptr{CAP_SYS_ADMIN, CAP_SETPCAP},
+		AmbientCaps: []uintptr{
+			// general container setup
+			CAP_SYS_ADMIN,
+			// drop capabilities
+			CAP_SETPCAP,
+			// overlay access to upperdir and workdir
+			CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE,
+		},
 
 		UseCgroupFD: p.Cgroup != nil,
 	}
 	if p.cmd.SysProcAttr.UseCgroupFD {
 		p.cmd.SysProcAttr.CgroupFD = *p.Cgroup
 	}
+	if !p.HostNet {
+		p.cmd.SysProcAttr.Cloneflags |= CLONE_NEWNET
+	}
 
 	// place setup pipe before user supplied extra files, this is later restored by init
 	if fd, e, err := Setup(&p.cmd.ExtraFiles); err != nil {
-		return wrapErrSuffix(err,
-			"cannot create shim setup pipe:")
+		return &StartError{true, "set up params stream", err, false, false}
 	} else {
 		p.setup = e
 		p.cmd.Env = []string{setupEnv + "=" + strconv.Itoa(fd)}
 	}
 	p.cmd.ExtraFiles = append(p.cmd.ExtraFiles, p.ExtraFiles...)
 
-	msg.Verbose("starting container init")
-	if err := p.cmd.Start(); err != nil {
-		return msg.WrapErr(err, err.Error())
-	}
-	return nil
+	done := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		runtime.LockOSThread()
+		p.wait = make(chan struct{})
+
+		done <- func() error { // setup depending on per-thread state must happen here
+			// PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS: depends on per-thread state but acts on all processes created from that thread
+			if err := SetNoNewPrivs(); err != nil {
+				return &StartError{true, "prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS)", err, false, false}
+			}
+
+			// landlock: depends on per-thread state but acts on a process group
+			{
+				rulesetAttr := &RulesetAttr{Scoped: LANDLOCK_SCOPE_SIGNAL}
+				if !p.HostAbstract {
+					rulesetAttr.Scoped |= LANDLOCK_SCOPE_ABSTRACT_UNIX_SOCKET
+				}
+
+				if abi, err := LandlockGetABI(); err != nil {
+					if p.HostAbstract {
+						// landlock can be skipped here as it restricts access to resources
+						// already covered by namespaces (pid)
+						goto landlockOut
+					}
+					return &StartError{false, "get landlock ABI", err, false, false}
+				} else if abi < 6 {
+					if p.HostAbstract {
+						// see above comment
+						goto landlockOut
+					}
+					return &StartError{false, "kernel version too old for LANDLOCK_SCOPE_ABSTRACT_UNIX_SOCKET", ENOSYS, true, false}
+				} else {
+					msg.Verbosef("landlock abi version %d", abi)
+				}
+
+				if rulesetFd, err := rulesetAttr.Create(0); err != nil {
+					return &StartError{true, "create landlock ruleset", err, false, false}
+				} else {
+					msg.Verbosef("enforcing landlock ruleset %s", rulesetAttr)
+					if err = LandlockRestrictSelf(rulesetFd, 0); err != nil {
+						_ = Close(rulesetFd)
+						return &StartError{true, "enforce landlock ruleset", err, false, false}
+					}
+					if err = Close(rulesetFd); err != nil {
+						msg.Verbosef("cannot close landlock ruleset: %v", err)
+						// not fatal
+					}
+				}
+
+			landlockOut:
+			}
+
+			msg.Verbose("starting container init")
+			if err := p.cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+				return &StartError{false, "start container init", err, false, true}
+			}
+			return nil
+		}()
+
+		// keep this thread alive until Wait returns for cancel
+		<-p.wait
+	}()
+	return <-done
 }
 
 // Serve serves [Container.Params] to the container init.
@@ -189,33 +306,16 @@ func (p *Container) Serve() error {
 	setup := p.setup
 	p.setup = nil
 
-	if p.Path != "" && !path.IsAbs(p.Path) {
+	if p.Path == nil {
 		p.cancel()
-		return msg.WrapErr(EINVAL,
-			fmt.Sprintf("invalid executable path %q", p.Path))
+		return &StartError{false, "invalid executable pathname", EINVAL, true, false}
 	}
 
-	if p.Path == "" {
-		if p.name == "" {
-			p.Path = os.Getenv("SHELL")
-			if !path.IsAbs(p.Path) {
-				p.cancel()
-				return msg.WrapErr(EBADE,
-					"no command specified and $SHELL is invalid")
-			}
-			p.name = path.Base(p.Path)
-		} else if path.IsAbs(p.name) {
-			p.Path = p.name
-		} else if v, err := exec.LookPath(p.name); err != nil {
-			p.cancel()
-			return msg.WrapErr(err, err.Error())
-		} else {
-			p.Path = v
-		}
+	// do not transmit nil
+	if p.Dir == nil {
+		p.Dir = AbsFHSRoot
 	}
-
 	if p.SeccompRules == nil {
-		// do not transmit nil
 		p.SeccompRules = make([]seccomp.NativeRule, 0)
 	}
 
@@ -234,8 +334,49 @@ func (p *Container) Serve() error {
 	return err
 }
 
-// Wait waits for the container init process to exit.
-func (p *Container) Wait() error { defer p.cancel(); return p.cmd.Wait() }
+// Wait waits for the container init process to exit and releases any resources associated with the [Container].
+func (p *Container) Wait() error {
+	if p.cmd == nil || p.cmd.Process == nil {
+		return EINVAL
+	}
+
+	err := p.cmd.Wait()
+	p.cancel()
+	if p.wait != nil && err == nil {
+		close(p.wait)
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+// StdinPipe calls the [exec.Cmd] method with the same name.
+func (p *Container) StdinPipe() (w io.WriteCloser, err error) {
+	if p.Stdin != nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("container: Stdin already set")
+	}
+	w, err = p.cmd.StdinPipe()
+	p.Stdin = p.cmd.Stdin
+	return
+}
+
+// StdoutPipe calls the [exec.Cmd] method with the same name.
+func (p *Container) StdoutPipe() (r io.ReadCloser, err error) {
+	if p.Stdout != nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("container: Stdout already set")
+	}
+	r, err = p.cmd.StdoutPipe()
+	p.Stdout = p.cmd.Stdout
+	return
+}
+
+// StderrPipe calls the [exec.Cmd] method with the same name.
+func (p *Container) StderrPipe() (r io.ReadCloser, err error) {
+	if p.Stderr != nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("container: Stderr already set")
+	}
+	r, err = p.cmd.StderrPipe()
+	p.Stderr = p.cmd.Stderr
+	return
+}
 
 func (p *Container) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("argv: %q, filter: %v, rules: %d, flags: %#x, presets: %#x",
@@ -250,8 +391,19 @@ func (p *Container) ProcessState() *os.ProcessState {
 	return p.cmd.ProcessState
 }
 
-func New(ctx context.Context, name string, args ...string) *Container {
-	return &Container{name: name, ctx: ctx,
-		Params: Params{Args: append([]string{name}, args...), Dir: "/", Ops: new(Ops)},
-	}
+// New returns the address to a new instance of [Container] that requires further initialisation before use.
+func New(ctx context.Context) *Container {
+	p := &Container{ctx: ctx, Params: Params{Ops: new(Ops)}}
+	c, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	p.cancel = cancel
+	p.cmd = exec.CommandContext(c, MustExecutable())
+	return p
+}
+
+// NewCommand calls [New] and initialises the [Params.Path] and [Params.Args] fields.
+func NewCommand(ctx context.Context, pathname *Absolute, name string, args ...string) *Container {
+	z := New(ctx)
+	z.Path = pathname
+	z.Args = append([]string{name}, args...)
+	return z
 }

container/container_test.go

@@ -7,13 +7,16 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"net"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"os/signal"
+	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"hakurei.app/command"
 	"hakurei.app/container"
@@ -22,23 +25,177 @@ import (
 	"hakurei.app/hst"
 	"hakurei.app/internal"
 	"hakurei.app/internal/hlog"
+	"hakurei.app/ldd"
 )
 
+func TestStartError(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name string
+		err  error
+		s    string
+		is   error
+		isF  error
+		msg  string
+	}{
+		{"params env", &container.StartError{
+			Fatal: true,
+			Step:  "set up params stream",
+			Err:   container.ErrReceiveEnv,
+		},
+			"set up params stream: environment variable not set",
+			container.ErrReceiveEnv, syscall.EBADF,
+			"cannot set up params stream: environment variable not set"},
+
+		{"params", &container.StartError{
+			Fatal: true,
+			Step:  "set up params stream",
+			Err:   &os.SyscallError{Syscall: "pipe2", Err: syscall.EBADF},
+		},
+			"set up params stream pipe2: bad file descriptor",
+			syscall.EBADF, os.ErrInvalid,
+			"cannot set up params stream pipe2: bad file descriptor"},
+
+		{"PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS", &container.StartError{
+			Fatal: true,
+			Step:  "prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS)",
+			Err:   syscall.EPERM,
+		},
+			"prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS): operation not permitted",
+			syscall.EPERM, syscall.EACCES,
+			"cannot prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS): operation not permitted"},
+
+		{"landlock abi", &container.StartError{
+			Step: "get landlock ABI",
+			Err:  syscall.ENOSYS,
+		},
+			"get landlock ABI: function not implemented",
+			syscall.ENOSYS, syscall.ENOEXEC,
+			"cannot get landlock ABI: function not implemented"},
+
+		{"landlock old", &container.StartError{
+			Step:   "kernel version too old for LANDLOCK_SCOPE_ABSTRACT_UNIX_SOCKET",
+			Err:    syscall.ENOSYS,
+			Origin: true,
+		},
+			"kernel version too old for LANDLOCK_SCOPE_ABSTRACT_UNIX_SOCKET",
+			syscall.ENOSYS, syscall.ENOSPC,
+			"kernel version too old for LANDLOCK_SCOPE_ABSTRACT_UNIX_SOCKET"},
+
+		{"landlock create", &container.StartError{
+			Fatal: true,
+			Step:  "create landlock ruleset",
+			Err:   syscall.EBADFD,
+		},
+			"create landlock ruleset: file descriptor in bad state",
+			syscall.EBADFD, syscall.EBADF,
+			"cannot create landlock ruleset: file descriptor in bad state"},
+
+		{"landlock enforce", &container.StartError{
+			Fatal: true,
+			Step:  "enforce landlock ruleset",
+			Err:   syscall.ENOTRECOVERABLE,
+		},
+			"enforce landlock ruleset: state not recoverable",
+			syscall.ENOTRECOVERABLE, syscall.ETIMEDOUT,
+			"cannot enforce landlock ruleset: state not recoverable"},
+
+		{"start", &container.StartError{
+			Step: "start container init",
+			Err: &os.PathError{
+				Op:   "fork/exec",
+				Path: "/proc/nonexistent",
+				Err:  syscall.ENOENT,
+			}, Passthrough: true,
+		},
+			"fork/exec /proc/nonexistent: no such file or directory",
+			syscall.ENOENT, syscall.ENOSYS,
+			"cannot fork/exec /proc/nonexistent: no such file or directory"},
+
+		{"start syscall", &container.StartError{
+			Step: "start container init",
+			Err: &os.SyscallError{
+				Syscall: "open",
+				Err:     syscall.ENOSYS,
+			}, Passthrough: true,
+		},
+			"open: function not implemented",
+			syscall.ENOSYS, syscall.ENOENT,
+			"cannot open: function not implemented"},
+
+		{"start other", &container.StartError{
+			Step: "start container init",
+			Err: &net.OpError{
+				Op:  "dial",
+				Net: "unix",
+				Err: syscall.ECONNREFUSED,
+			}, Passthrough: true,
+		},
+			"dial unix: connection refused",
+			syscall.ECONNREFUSED, syscall.ECONNABORTED,
+			"dial unix: connection refused"},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Run("error", func(t *testing.T) {
+				if got := tc.err.Error(); got != tc.s {
+					t.Errorf("Error: %q, want %q", got, tc.s)
+				}
+			})
+
+			t.Run("is", func(t *testing.T) {
+				if !errors.Is(tc.err, tc.is) {
+					t.Error("Is: unexpected false")
+				}
+				if errors.Is(tc.err, tc.isF) {
+					t.Errorf("Is: unexpected true")
+				}
+			})
+
+			t.Run("msg", func(t *testing.T) {
+				if got, ok := container.GetErrorMessage(tc.err); !ok {
+					if tc.msg != "" {
+						t.Errorf("GetErrorMessage: err does not implement MessageError")
+					}
+					return
+				} else if got != tc.msg {
+					t.Errorf("GetErrorMessage: %q, want %q", got, tc.msg)
+				}
+			})
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 const (
 	ignore  = "\x00"
 	ignoreV = -1
 
-	pathWantMnt = "/etc/hakurei/want-mnt"
+	pathPrefix   = "/etc/hakurei/"
+	pathWantMnt  = pathPrefix + "want-mnt"
+	pathReadonly = pathPrefix + "readonly"
 )
 
+type testVal any
+
+func emptyOps(t *testing.T) (*container.Ops, context.Context) { return new(container.Ops), t.Context() }
+func earlyOps(ops *container.Ops) func(t *testing.T) (*container.Ops, context.Context) {
+	return func(t *testing.T) (*container.Ops, context.Context) { return ops, t.Context() }
+}
+
+func emptyMnt(*testing.T, context.Context) []*vfs.MountInfoEntry { return nil }
+func earlyMnt(mnt ...*vfs.MountInfoEntry) func(*testing.T, context.Context) []*vfs.MountInfoEntry {
+	return func(*testing.T, context.Context) []*vfs.MountInfoEntry { return mnt }
+}
+
 var containerTestCases = []struct {
 	name    string
 	filter  bool
 	session bool
 	net     bool
-	ops     *container.Ops
+	ro      bool
+
+	ops func(t *testing.T) (*container.Ops, context.Context)
+	mnt func(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context) []*vfs.MountInfoEntry
 
-	mnt []*vfs.MountInfoEntry
 	uid int
 	gid int
 
@@ -46,31 +203,34 @@ var containerTestCases = []struct {
 	flags   seccomp.ExportFlag
 	presets seccomp.FilterPreset
 }{
-	{"minimal", true, false, false,
-		new(container.Ops), nil,
+	{"minimal", true, false, false, true,
+		emptyOps, emptyMnt,
 		1000, 100, nil, 0, seccomp.PresetStrict},
-	{"allow", true, true, true,
-		new(container.Ops), nil,
+	{"allow", true, true, true, false,
+		emptyOps, emptyMnt,
 		1000, 100, nil, 0, seccomp.PresetExt | seccomp.PresetDenyDevel},
-	{"no filter", false, true, true,
-		new(container.Ops), nil,
+	{"no filter", false, true, true, true,
+		emptyOps, emptyMnt,
 		1000, 100, nil, 0, seccomp.PresetExt},
-	{"custom rules", true, true, true,
-		new(container.Ops), nil,
-		1, 31, []seccomp.NativeRule{{seccomp.ScmpSyscall(syscall.SYS_SETUID), seccomp.ScmpErrno(syscall.EPERM), nil}}, 0, seccomp.PresetExt},
-	{"tmpfs", true, false, false,
-		new(container.Ops).
-			Tmpfs(hst.Tmp, 0, 0755),
-		[]*vfs.MountInfoEntry{
-			ent("/", hst.Tmp, "rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime", "tmpfs", "tmpfs", ignore),
-		},
+	{"custom rules", true, true, true, false,
+		emptyOps, emptyMnt,
+		1, 31, []seccomp.NativeRule{{Syscall: seccomp.ScmpSyscall(syscall.SYS_SETUID), Errno: seccomp.ScmpErrno(syscall.EPERM)}}, 0, seccomp.PresetExt},
+
+	{"tmpfs", true, false, false, true,
+		earlyOps(new(container.Ops).
+			Tmpfs(hst.AbsTmp, 0, 0755),
+		),
+		earlyMnt(
+			ent("/", hst.Tmp, "rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime", "tmpfs", "ephemeral", ignore),
+		),
 		9, 9, nil, 0, seccomp.PresetStrict},
-	{"dev", true, true /* go test output is not a tty */, false,
-		new(container.Ops).
-			Dev("/dev").
-			Mqueue("/dev/mqueue"),
-		[]*vfs.MountInfoEntry{
-			ent("/", "/dev", "rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime", "tmpfs", "devtmpfs", ignore),
+
+	{"dev", true, true /* go test output is not a tty */, false, false,
+		earlyOps(new(container.Ops).
+			Dev(container.MustAbs("/dev"), true),
+		),
+		earlyMnt(
+			ent("/", "/dev", "ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime", "tmpfs", "devtmpfs", ignore),
 			ent("/null", "/dev/null", "rw,nosuid", "devtmpfs", "devtmpfs", ignore),
 			ent("/zero", "/dev/zero", "rw,nosuid", "devtmpfs", "devtmpfs", ignore),
 			ent("/full", "/dev/full", "rw,nosuid", "devtmpfs", "devtmpfs", ignore),
@@ -79,25 +239,128 @@ var containerTestCases = []struct {
 			ent("/tty", "/dev/tty", "rw,nosuid", "devtmpfs", "devtmpfs", ignore),
 			ent("/", "/dev/pts", "rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime", "devpts", "devpts", "rw,mode=620,ptmxmode=666"),
 			ent("/", "/dev/mqueue", "rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime", "mqueue", "mqueue", "rw"),
-		},
+			ent("/", "/dev/shm", "rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime", "tmpfs", "tmpfs", ignore),
+		),
 		1971, 100, nil, 0, seccomp.PresetStrict},
+
+	{"dev no mqueue", true, true /* go test output is not a tty */, false, false,
+		earlyOps(new(container.Ops).
+			Dev(container.MustAbs("/dev"), false),
+		),
+		earlyMnt(
+			ent("/", "/dev", "ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime", "tmpfs", "devtmpfs", ignore),
+			ent("/null", "/dev/null", "rw,nosuid", "devtmpfs", "devtmpfs", ignore),
+			ent("/zero", "/dev/zero", "rw,nosuid", "devtmpfs", "devtmpfs", ignore),
+			ent("/full", "/dev/full", "rw,nosuid", "devtmpfs", "devtmpfs", ignore),
+			ent("/random", "/dev/random", "rw,nosuid", "devtmpfs", "devtmpfs", ignore),
+			ent("/urandom", "/dev/urandom", "rw,nosuid", "devtmpfs", "devtmpfs", ignore),
+			ent("/tty", "/dev/tty", "rw,nosuid", "devtmpfs", "devtmpfs", ignore),
+			ent("/", "/dev/pts", "rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime", "devpts", "devpts", "rw,mode=620,ptmxmode=666"),
+			ent("/", "/dev/shm", "rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime", "tmpfs", "tmpfs", ignore),
+		),
+		1971, 100, nil, 0, seccomp.PresetStrict},
+
+	{"overlay", true, false, false, true,
+		func(t *testing.T) (*container.Ops, context.Context) {
+			tempDir := container.MustAbs(t.TempDir())
+			lower0, lower1, upper, work :=
+				tempDir.Append("lower0"),
+				tempDir.Append("lower1"),
+				tempDir.Append("upper"),
+				tempDir.Append("work")
+			for _, a := range []*container.Absolute{lower0, lower1, upper, work} {
+				if err := os.Mkdir(a.String(), 0755); err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("Mkdir: error = %v", err)
+				}
+			}
+
+			return new(container.Ops).
+					Overlay(hst.AbsTmp, upper, work, lower0, lower1),
+				context.WithValue(context.WithValue(context.WithValue(context.WithValue(t.Context(),
+					testVal("lower1"), lower1),
+					testVal("lower0"), lower0),
+					testVal("work"), work),
+					testVal("upper"), upper)
+		},
+		func(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context) []*vfs.MountInfoEntry {