2 files changed, 68 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/nixos/broken-userns.nix b/tests/nixos/broken-userns.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a48467193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nixos/broken-userns.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# Lix should be able to build derivations that want working NSS, even with
+# broken user namespaces support
+{ ... }:
+let
+  testDerivation = builtins.toFile "test.nix" ''
+    { cacheBreak }:
+    let pkgs = import <nixpkgs> { };
+    in
+    pkgs.runCommand "test" { } '''
+      # ''${cacheBreak}
+      id -g
+      id -u
+      echo "GROUP"
+      cat /etc/group
+      echo "PASSWD"
+      cat /etc/passwd
+
+      username=$(id -un)
+      groupname=$(id -gn)
+      [[ "$username" =~ nixbld* ]]
+      [[ "$groupname" =~ nixbld* ]]
+      touch $out
+    '''
+  '';
+in
+{
+  name = "broken-userns";
+
+  nodes.machine =
+    {
+      config,
+      lib,
+      pkgs,
+      ...
+    }:
+    {
+      virtualisation.writableStore = true;
+      nix.settings.substituters = lib.mkForce [ ];
+      nix.nixPath = [ "nixpkgs=${lib.cleanSource pkgs.path}" ];
+      virtualisation.additionalPaths = [
+        pkgs.stdenvNoCC
+        testDerivation
+      ];
+    };
+
+  testScript =
+    { nodes }:
+    ''
+      start_all()
+
+      # Building it normally should work
+      machine.succeed(r"""
+        nix-build --argstr cacheBreak 1 --store daemon ${testDerivation}
+      """)
+
+      # Building it with broken userns should also work
+      machine.succeed(r"""
+        # break user ns
+        sysctl -w user.max_user_namespaces=0
+      """)
+      machine.systemctl("restart nix-daemon")
+      machine.succeed(r"""
+        nix-build --argstr cacheBreak 2 --store daemon ${testDerivation}
+      """)
+    '';
+}
diff --git a/tests/nixos/default.nix b/tests/nixos/default.nix
index 3d0a1f0c6..987463b07 100644
--- a/tests/nixos/default.nix
+++ b/tests/nixos/default.nix
@@ -164,4 +164,6 @@ in
   symlinkResolvconf = runNixOSTestFor "x86_64-linux" ./symlink-resolvconf.nix;
 
   rootInSandbox = runNixOSTestFor "x86_64-linux" ./root-in-sandbox;
+
+  broken-userns = runNixOSTestFor "x86_64-linux" ./broken-userns.nix;
 }