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authorMichael Weiss <dev.primeos@gmail.com>2018-11-30 21:30:11 +0100
committerMichael Weiss <dev.primeos@gmail.com>2018-11-30 21:33:30 +0100
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monkeysphere: Update the comment why the tests don't run
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-rw-r--r--pkgs/tools/security/monkeysphere/default.nix6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/monkeysphere/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/monkeysphere/default.nix
index 0cf59dc555c2..b1c36871fe6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/monkeysphere/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/monkeysphere/default.nix
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     DESTDIR=$(out)
   '';
 
-  # Not all checks pass yet (NixOS specific problems) and the tests "drain"
-  # entropy (apparently GnuPG still uses /dev/random).
+  # The tests "drain" entropy (GnuPG still uses /dev/random) and they don't run
+  # inside of the sandbox, because nixbld isn't allowed to login via SSH
+  # (/etc/passwd: "nixbld:x:1000:100:Nix build user:/build:/noshell",
+  # sshd: "User nixbld not allowed because shell /noshell does not exist").
   doCheck = false;
   preCheck = ''
     patchShebangs tests/