nss_logname

nss_logname is an glibc NSS module which pretends there is a /etc/passwd entry for the current uid named $LOGNAME. This should be installed in containers spawned by the process spawner.

Building nss_logname

You need:

• a C++14 compliant compiler (e.g. gcc or clang)
• Meson 0.56 and Ninja

Get the source code:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/CM4all/nss_logname.git

Run meson:

meson setup output

Compile and install:

ninja -C output
ninja -C output install

Building the Debian package

After installing the build dependencies, run:

dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc -us