/* # System Defaults Things that really should be (more like) this by default. ## Implementation ```nix #*/# end of MarkDown, beginning of NixOS module: dirname: inputs: { config, pkgs, lib, ... }: let inherit (inputs.self) lib; in let prefix = inputs.config.prefix; cfg = config.${prefix}.base; in { options.${prefix} = { base = { enable = lib.mkEnableOption "saner defaults"; includeNixpkgs = lib.mkOption { description = "»nixpkgs« to include in the system build."; type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.package; default = null; }; }; }; config = let hash = builtins.substring 0 8 (builtins.hashString "sha256" config.networking.hostName); implied = true; # some mount points are implied (and forced) to be »neededForBoot« in »specialArgs.utils.pathsNeededForBoot« (this marks those here) in lib.mkIf cfg.enable (lib.mkMerge [ ({ users.mutableUsers = false; users.allowNoPasswordLogin = true; # Don't babysit. Can roll back or redeploy. networking.hostId = lib.mkDefault (builtins.substring 0 8 (builtins.hashString "sha256" config.networking.hostName)); environment.etc."machine-id".text = (builtins.substring 0 32 (builtins.hashString "sha256" "${config.networking.hostName}:machine-id")); # this works, but it "should be considered "confidential", and must not be exposed in untrusted environments" (not sure _why_ though) }) ({ # Robustness/debugging: boot.kernelParams = [ "panic=10" "boot.panic_on_fail" ]; # Reboot on kernel panic, panic if boot fails. # might additionally want to do this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62083796/automatic-reboot-on-systemd-emergency-mode systemd.extraConfig = "StatusUnitFormat=name"; # Show unit names instead of descriptions during boot. }) (lib.mkIf (cfg.includeNixpkgs != null) { nix.registry.nixpkgs.flake = cfg.includeNixpkgs; environment.etc."nix/channels/nixpkgs".source = cfg.includeNixpkgs.outPath; nix.nixPath = [ "nixpkgs=/etc/nix/channels/nixpkgs" "nixos-config=/etc/nixos" ]; nix.extraOptions = "experimental-features = nix-command flakes"; # apparently, even nix 2.8 (in nixos-22.05) needs this environment.shellAliases = { "with" = ''nix-shell --run "bash --login" -p''; }; }) ({ # Free convenience: # The non-interactive version of bash does not remove »\[« and »\]« from PS1. Seems to work just fine without those. So make the prompt pretty (and informative): programs.bash.promptInit = '' # Provide a nice prompt if the terminal supports it. if [ "''${TERM:-}" != "dumb" ] ; then if [[ "$UID" == '0' ]] ; then if [[ ! "''${SUDO_USER:-}" ]] ; then # direct root: red username + green hostname PS1='\e[0m\e[48;5;234m\e[96m$(printf "%-+ 4d" $?)\e[93m[\D{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S}] \e[91m\u\e[97m@\e[92m\h\e[97m:\e[96m\w'"''${TERM_RECURSION_DEPTH:+\e[91m["$TERM_RECURSION_DEPTH"]}"'\e[24;97m\$ \e[0m' else # sudo root: red username + red hostname PS1='\e[0m\e[48;5;234m\e[96m$(printf "%-+ 4d" $?)\e[93m[\D{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S}] \e[91m\u\e[97m@\e[91m\h\e[97m:\e[96m\w'"''${TERM_RECURSION_DEPTH:+\e[91m["$TERM_RECURSION_DEPTH"]}"'\e[24;97m\$ \e[0m' fi ; else # other user: green username + green hostname PS1='\e[0m\e[48;5;234m\e[96m$(printf "%-+ 4d" $?)\e[93m[\D{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S}] \e[92m\u\e[97m@\e[92m\h\e[97m:\e[96m\w'"''${TERM_RECURSION_DEPTH:+\e[91m["$TERM_RECURSION_DEPTH"]}"'\e[24;97m\$ \e[0m' fi if test "$TERM" = "xterm" ; then PS1="\033]2;\h:\u:\w\007$PS1" fi fi export TERM_RECURSION_DEPTH=$(( 1 + ''${TERM_RECURSION_DEPTH:-0} )) ''; }) ]); }