fortify/README.md

Fortify
=======

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Lets you run graphical applications as another user ~~in an Android-like sandbox environment~~ (WIP) with a nice NixOS
module to configure target users and provide launchers and desktop files for your privileged user.

Why would you want this?

- It protects the desktop environment from applications.

- It protects applications from each other.

- It provides UID isolation on top of ~~the standard application sandbox~~ (WIP).

There are a few different things to set up for this to work:

- A set of users, each for a group of applications that should be allowed access to each other

- A tool to switch users, currently sudo and machinectl are supported.

- If you are running NixOS, the module in this repository can take care of launchers and desktop files in the privileged
  user's environment, as well as packages and extra home-manager configuration for target users.

If you have a flakes-enabled nix environment, you can try out the tool by running:

```shell
nix run git+https://git.ophivana.moe/cat/fortify -- -h
```

## Module usage

The NixOS module currently requires home-manager and impermanence to function correctly.

To use the module, import it into your configuration with

```nix
{
  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-24.05";

    fortify = {
      url = "git+https://git.ophivana.moe/cat/fortify";

      # Optional but recommended to limit the size of your system closure.
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };
  };

  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, fortify, ... }:
  {
    nixosConfigurations.fortify = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
      system = "x86_64-linux";
      modules = [
        fortify.nixosModules.fortify
      ];
    };
  };
}
```

This adds the `environment.fortify` option:

```nix
{ pkgs, ... }:

{
  environment.fortify = {
    enable = true;
    user = "nixos";
    shell = "zsh";
    stateDir = "/var/lib/persist/module";
    target = {
      chronos = {
        launchers = {
          weechat.method = "sudo";
          claws-mail.capability.pulse = false;
          discord = {
            command = "vesktop --ozone-platform-hint=wayland";
            share = pkgs.vesktop;
          };
        };
        packages = with pkgs; [
          weechat
          claws-mail
          vesktop
        ];
        persistence.directories = [
          ".config/weechat"
          ".claws-mail"
          ".config/vesktop"
        ];
        extraConfig = {
          programs.looking-glass-client.enable = true;
        };
      };
    };
  };
}
```

* `enable` determines whether the module should be enabled or not. Useful when sharing configurations between graphical
  and headless systems. Defaults to `false`.

* `user` specifies the privileged user with access to fortified applications.

* `shell` is the shell used to run the launch command, required for sourcing the home-manager environment.

* `stateDir` is the path to your persistent storage location. It is directly passed through to the impermanence module.

* `target` is an attribute set of submodules, where the attribute name is the username of the unprivileged target user.

  The available options are:

    * `packages`, the list of packages to make available in the target user's environment.

    * `persistence`, user persistence attribute set passed to impermanence.

    * `extraConfig`, extra home-manager configuration for the target user.

    * `launchers`, attribute set where the attribute name is the name of the launcher.

      The available options are:

        * `command`, the command to run as the target user. Defaults to launcher name.

        * `capability.wayland`, whether to share the Wayland socket.

        * `capability.x11`, whether to share the X11 socket and allow connection.

        * `capability.dbus`, whether to proxy D-Bus. NOTE: this option is subject to change and should not be used

        * `capability.pulse`, whether to share the PulseAudio socket and cookie.

        * `share`, package containing desktop/icon files. Defaults to launcher name.

        * `method`, the launch method for the sandboxed program, can be `"fortify"`, `"fortify-sudo"`, `"sudo"`.