nixosTests.nscd: init, remove nixosTests.resolv

nixos/tests/all-tests.nix

@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ in {
   non-default-filesystems = handleTest ./non-default-filesystems.nix {};
   noto-fonts = handleTest ./noto-fonts.nix {};
   novacomd = handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./novacomd.nix {};
+  nscd = handleTest ./nscd.nix {};
   nsd = handleTest ./nsd.nix {};
   nzbget = handleTest ./nzbget.nix {};
   nzbhydra2 = handleTest ./nzbhydra2.nix {};
@@ -529,7 +530,6 @@ in {
   rasdaemon = handleTest ./rasdaemon.nix {};
   redis = handleTest ./redis.nix {};
   redmine = handleTest ./redmine.nix {};
-  resolv = handleTest ./resolv.nix {};
   restartByActivationScript = handleTest ./restart-by-activation-script.nix {};
   restic = handleTest ./restic.nix {};
   retroarch = handleTest ./retroarch.nix {};

nixos/tests/nscd.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  # build a getent that itself doesn't see anything in /etc/hosts and
+  # /etc/nsswitch.conf, by using libredirect to steer its own requests to
+  # /dev/null.
+  # This means is /has/ to go via nscd to actuallly resolve any of the
+  # additionally configured hosts.
+  getent' = pkgs.writeScript "getent-without-etc-hosts" ''
+    export NIX_REDIRECTS=/etc/hosts=/dev/null:/etc/nsswitch.conf=/dev/null
+    export LD_PRELOAD=${pkgs.libredirect}/lib/libredirect.so
+    exec getent $@
+  '';
+in
+{
+  name = "nscd";
+
+  nodes.machine = { pkgs, ... }: {
+    imports = [ common/user-account.nix ];
+    networking.extraHosts = ''
+      2001:db8::1 somehost.test
+      192.0.2.1 somehost.test
+    '';
+
+    specialisation = {
+      withUnscd.configuration = { ... }: {
+        services.nscd.package = pkgs.unscd;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  testScript = { nodes, ... }:
+    let
+      specialisations = "${nodes.machine.system.build.toplevel}/specialisation";
+    in
+    ''
+      # Regression test for https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/50273
+      def test_dynamic_user():
+          with subtest("DynamicUser actually allocates a user"):
+              assert "iamatest" in machine.succeed(
+                  "systemd-run --pty --property=Type=oneshot --property=DynamicUser=yes --property=User=iamatest whoami"
+              )
+
+      # Test resolution of somehost.test with getent', to make sure we go via nscd
+      def test_host_lookups():
+          with subtest("host lookups via nscd"):
+              # ahosts
+              output = machine.succeed("${getent'} ahosts somehost.test")
+              assert "192.0.2.1" in output
+              assert "2001:db8::1" in output
+
+              # ahostsv4
+              output = machine.succeed("${getent'} ahostsv4 somehost.test")
+              assert "192.0.2.1" in output
+              assert "2001:db8::1" not in output
+
+              # ahostsv6
+              output = machine.succeed("${getent'} ahostsv6 somehost.test")
+              assert "192.0.2.1" not in output
+              assert "2001:db8::1" in output
+
+              # reverse lookups (hosts)
+              assert "somehost.test" in machine.succeed("${getent'} hosts 2001:db8::1")
+              assert "somehost.test" in machine.succeed("${getent'} hosts 192.0.2.1")
+
+      # Test host resolution via nss modules works
+      # We rely on nss-myhostname in this case, which resolves *.localhost and
+      # _gateway.
+      # We don't need to use getent' here, as non-glibc nss modules can only be
+      # discovered via nscd.
+      def test_nss_myhostname():
+          with subtest("nss-myhostname provides hostnames (ahosts)"):
+              # ahosts
+              output = machine.succeed("getent ahosts foobar.localhost")
+              assert "::1" in output
+              assert "127.0.0.1" in output
+
+              # ahostsv4
+              output = machine.succeed("getent ahostsv4 foobar.localhost")
+              assert "::1" not in output
+              assert "127.0.0.1" in output
+
+              # ahostsv6
+              output = machine.succeed("getent ahostsv6 foobar.localhost")
+              assert "::1" in output
+              assert "127.0.0.1" not in output
+
+              # ahosts
+              output = machine.succeed("getent ahosts _gateway")
+
+              # returns something like the following:
+              # 10.0.2.2        STREAM _gateway
+              # 10.0.2.2        DGRAM
+              # 10.0.2.2        RAW
+              # fe80::2         STREAM
+              # fe80::2         DGRAM
+              # fe80::2         RAW
+
+              # Verify we see both ip addresses
+              assert "10.0.2.2" in output
+              assert "fe80::2" in output
+
+      start_all()
+      machine.wait_for_unit("default.target")
+
+      # Test all tests with glibc-nscd.
+      test_dynamic_user()
+      test_host_lookups()
+      test_nss_myhostname()
+
+      with subtest("unscd"):
+          machine.succeed('${specialisations}/withUnscd/bin/switch-to-configuration test')
+          machine.wait_for_unit("default.target")
+
+          # known to fail, unscd doesn't load external NSS modules
+          # test_dynamic_user()
+
+          test_host_lookups()
+
+          # known to fail, unscd doesn't load external NSS modules
+          # test_nss_myhostname()
+    '';
+})

nixos/tests/systemd.nix

@@ -87,12 +87,6 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
         machine.succeed("test -e /home/alice/user_conf_read")
         machine.succeed("test -z $(ls -1 /var/log/journal)")
 
-    # Regression test for https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/50273
-    with subtest("DynamicUser actually allocates a user"):
-        assert "iamatest" in machine.succeed(
-            "systemd-run --pty --property=Type=oneshot --property=DynamicUser=yes --property=User=iamatest whoami"
-        )
-
     with subtest("regression test for https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77507"):
         retcode, output = machine.execute("systemctl status testservice1.service")
         assert retcode in [0, 3]  # https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77507