From fd7183778a3af9f0f67df53f6c5eb7908aebbf29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sam Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 10:33:59 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] office: refuse to run as root, and write the wrapper with the real home path so sudo cannot hide it --- .../paperclip-harness/20-context/home.md | 119 ++++++++++ .../20-context/paperclip-harness.md | 91 ++++++++ ...ry-structure-and-configuration-patterns.md | 210 ++++++++++++++++++ ...rich-discovery-home-2026-11-12-22-47-55.md | 138 ++++++++++++ ...ich-discovery-local-2026-11-12-23-03-35.md | 110 +++++++++ bin/office | 24 +- 6 files changed, 690 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 .pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-12-22-47-55.md create mode 100644 .pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-local-2026-11-12-23-03-35.md diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home.md index 99b95e5..06d02f9 100644 --- a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home.md +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home.md @@ -1544,3 +1544,122 @@ Nothing touched `~/SECURITY` or `~/TEST-BETA`. - session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-now-2026-11-12-20-21-44|Rich discovery: now 2026-11-12 20:21:44]] - context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|now]] - observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|now repository structure and configuration patterns]] + + +--- + +## Update (2026-11-12 22:47:55) + +## Rich discovery update (2026-11-12 22:47:55) + +Both fixed. `l` is yours again. + +## `g` for git, `l` goes back to navigation + +You are right, and I had the wrong model: TUIOS keeps `h j k l` only in *window* mode. Inside a pane the program gets them, so `l` was already doing real work and I took it away. + +| key | does | on | +|---|---|---| +| `t` | the tool chooser — lazygit, yazi, nvim, hunk, fzf, ocr, shell | `Board>board`, `Project>project` | +| `g` | lazygit, straight away, in the project folder | `Board>board`, `Project>project` | +| `l` / `h` | next / previous tab, as before | `Project>project` | +| `l` | next tab in the needs panel, as before | `Board>board` | + +`g` was free on both panes. The footers and the `?` help now say `g lazygit`, `t tools`. + +## The `.27` error: my advice caused it + +`exec zsh` printed: + +``` +/home/sam/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf:70: command not found: ietf +``` + +and the cause is the second option I offered you for getting keys into shells — `source` the secrets file from zsh. It is now in `~/.config/zsh/local.zsh`: + +```sh +if [ -f "$HOME/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf" ]; then + set -a + source "$HOME/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf" + set +a +fi +``` + +That cannot work in general. **`environment.d` is not shell.** It is a data file: values may contain spaces, quotes and `#`, and systemd reads them as plain text. A shell does not. Line 70 holds a value with a space in it, so zsh assigned the first word and tried to run the second one as a command — `ietf`. It is harmless noise, and the rest of the file still loads, but it will appear on every shell start and could get worse on the next value with a `$` or a backtick in it (those would be *expanded*). + +Also worth knowing: `~/.config/zsh/local.zsh` is not editable on `.27` — it is a store copy of `/etc/nixos/home/sam/config/zsh/local.zsh`, which is why my first attempt failed with a read-only filesystem. It goes out with a rebuild. + +The replacement, now in your config: + +```sh +# environment.d is NOT shell: a value may contain a space, a quote or a #, and +# systemd reads the file as data. Sourcing it makes zsh run the second word of +# such a value as a command, which is where "command not found: ietf" came from. +# Read it as data instead and export the pairs. +if [ -f "$HOME/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf" ]; then + while IFS="=" read -r key value; do + value=${value%$'\r'} + case "$key" in + ""|\#*) continue ;; + [A-Za-z_]*) ;; + *) continue ;; + esac + export "$key=$value" + done < "$HOME/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf" +fi +``` + +Everything is taken after the first `=`, so spaces are just part of the value; comments and junk keys are skipped; nothing is expanded or executed. + +Verified on `.27`: + +``` +the deployed old file: /home/sam/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf:70: command not found: ietf +the new block alone: started clean + PAPERCLIP_BOARD_KEY is set + secrets exported: 78 +``` + +## Rebuild `.27` to get it + +```sh +sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#sam-4screen-desktop +``` + +Seven derivations, already built. Nothing network-related changes, so it is safe to `switch`. + +Then check with `exec zsh` — it should start silently. Verified after that with `echo ${PAPERCLIP_BOARD_KEY:+set}` if you want to see the key arriving. + +**`.51` I could not reach** (`No route to host`, so it is off or off the network). If it has the same block in `/etc/nixos/home/sam/config/zsh/local.zsh`, it has the same noise and the same fix; I will do it when the machine is back. + +## Committed + +- `paperclip-harness` → `32fb356`, pushed, commands and binary synced to `.27` +- `nixos-4screen` (`/etc/nixos` on `.27`) → `587db3f`, pushed +- backup of the old zsh fragment at `/tmp/local.zsh.bak-harness` on `.27` + +And for the record: the `office` commands no longer need any of this. They read `~/.config/environment.d/*.conf` themselves, as data, the same way. The zsh change is only so *your* shells have the variables for other tools. + +## Source paths observed + +- `home/sam/.config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `nix/store/v2z0s2nw8xmjq5b4icj21wjm0jv2xpwx-hm_local.zsh` +- `home/sam/.config/zsh` +- `./config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `HOME/.config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `HOME/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf` +- `etc/nixos/home/sam/config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `etc/nixos/home/sam/config/zsh` +- `home/sam/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf` +- `.config/zsh/local.zsh` + +## Evidence + +- Confidence: 84% +- Reason: Update component/repository context with detailed discovered structure and configuration + +## Related learned memories + +- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-12-22-47-55|Rich discovery: home 2026-11-12 22:47:55]] +- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|home]] +- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|home repository structure and configuration patterns]] diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness.md index 6324bf0..1bbe074 100644 --- a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness.md +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness.md @@ -1084,3 +1084,94 @@ Workspace paths seen: `/home/sam/paseo/projects/paperclip-harness` (bin/ha), rep - session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-with-2026-11-12-09-39-17|Rich discovery: with 2026-11-12 09:39:17]] - context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/with|with]] - observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|with repository structure and configuration patterns]] + + +--- + +## Update (2026-11-12 23:03:35) + +## Rich discovery update (2026-11-12 23:03:35) + +`.51` is done. Two things were needed, and only one of them urgently. + +## `.51`: the commands were stale, now current + +The copy at `~/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/` predated today's changes, so `office` there had the old prompt and the old `l`-for-lazygit binding. Synced: + +``` +office — open a folder as a project, and say what else can be run +PUT INTO .gitignore EVERY FILE ... ✓ +``` + +`.51` was already in good shape otherwise: `~/.local/bin` is on `PATH`, `office` resolves by name, and Pi is 1.5.0. + +## `.51` has the same zsh block, but it is silent — for now + +Same deployed file, same `set -a; source` block, sourced by `~/.zshrc`. It prints nothing today, and I measured why: + +``` +old block against .51's secrets file: no "command not found" +.27's secrets file: line 70 has a value with a space → the error +``` + +So on `.51` the fault is present but **nothing in that secrets file contains a space yet**. It would start printing the day any value gets one — exactly what happened on `.27`. I patched it anyway, because the next value with a space, a `$` or a backtick would not just be noise: those get expanded by a shell. + +Verified on `.51`: + +``` +syntax ok +clean start +PAPERCLIP_BOARD_KEY is set +``` + +So **`.51` does not need a rebuild for anything to work.** When convenient: + +```sh +sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#sam-thinkpad +``` + +Seven derivations, already built, nothing network-related. Or leave it until the next time you rebuild for another reason — nothing is broken meanwhile. + +## Where the three machines stand + +| machine | Pi | Go | `office` on PATH | commands current | +|---|---|---|---|---| +| `.13` nixos-desktop | 1.5.0 | 1.26.5 | yes | **this is the source** | +| `.27` sam-4screen-desktop | 1.5.0 | 1.26.2 | yes | yes | +| `.51` sam-thinkpad | 1.5.0 | 1.26.7 | yes | yes | + +One Pi store path on all three, `office --help`, `--host` and the git gate available everywhere. + +The `0` against `.13` is not a problem: `.13` runs the repository's own `bin/office` through `~/.local/bin/office`, so it is the thing the others copy from. + +## Outstanding, if you want them + +- **`.27` rebuild** for the zsh fix (`587db3f`) — that one removes a message you are seeing every shell start. +- **`.51` rebuild** for the same fix (`17ab884`) — cosmetic; the message has not appeared yet. +- `~/SECURITY` is a `local_path` project with no worktrees, and `~/TEST-BETA` is untouched and not a repository. Both are yours to run through the gate when you choose. + +All committed and pushed: `paperclip-harness` `32fb356`, `nixos-4screen` `587db3f`, `nixos-thinkpad` `17ab884`. Backups of the old zsh fragment are at `/tmp/local.zsh.bak-harness` on both machines. + +## Source paths observed + +- `etc/nixos/home/sam/config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `HOME/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf` +- `home/sam/.local/bin/office` +- `home/sam/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office` +- `home/sam/.config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `nix/store/42dhgv507vmfr6bap0mn5b2fzxih0pj5-home-manager-files/.config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `HOME/.config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `./config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin` +- `.local/bin/office` + +## Evidence + +- Confidence: 84% +- Reason: Update component/repository context with detailed discovered structure and configuration + +## Related learned memories + +- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-local-2026-11-12-23-03-35|Rich discovery: .local 2026-11-12 23:03:35]] +- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|.local]] +- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|.local repository structure and configuration patterns]] diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns.md index 593d89a..18f00a9 100644 --- a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns.md +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns.md @@ -6802,3 +6802,213 @@ Nothing touched `~/SECURITY` or `~/TEST-BETA`. - session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-now-2026-11-12-20-21-44|Rich discovery: now 2026-11-12 20:21:44]] - context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|now]] - observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|now repository structure and configuration patterns]] + + +--- + +## Update (2026-11-12 22:47:55) + +## Structural/configuration observations (2026-11-12 22:47:55) + +Both fixed. `l` is yours again. + +## `g` for git, `l` goes back to navigation + +You are right, and I had the wrong model: TUIOS keeps `h j k l` only in *window* mode. Inside a pane the program gets them, so `l` was already doing real work and I took it away. + +| key | does | on | +|---|---|---| +| `t` | the tool chooser — lazygit, yazi, nvim, hunk, fzf, ocr, shell | `Board>board`, `Project>project` | +| `g` | lazygit, straight away, in the project folder | `Board>board`, `Project>project` | +| `l` / `h` | next / previous tab, as before | `Project>project` | +| `l` | next tab in the needs panel, as before | `Board>board` | + +`g` was free on both panes. The footers and the `?` help now say `g lazygit`, `t tools`. + +## The `.27` error: my advice caused it + +`exec zsh` printed: + +``` +/home/sam/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf:70: command not found: ietf +``` + +and the cause is the second option I offered you for getting keys into shells — `source` the secrets file from zsh. It is now in `~/.config/zsh/local.zsh`: + +```sh +if [ -f "$HOME/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf" ]; then + set -a + source "$HOME/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf" + set +a +fi +``` + +That cannot work in general. **`environment.d` is not shell.** It is a data file: values may contain spaces, quotes and `#`, and systemd reads them as plain text. A shell does not. Line 70 holds a value with a space in it, so zsh assigned the first word and tried to run the second one as a command — `ietf`. It is harmless noise, and the rest of the file still loads, but it will appear on every shell start and could get worse on the next value with a `$` or a backtick in it (those would be *expanded*). + +Also worth knowing: `~/.config/zsh/local.zsh` is not editable on `.27` — it is a store copy of `/etc/nixos/home/sam/config/zsh/local.zsh`, which is why my first attempt failed with a read-only filesystem. It goes out with a rebuild. + +The replacement, now in your config: + +```sh +# environment.d is NOT shell: a value may contain a space, a quote or a #, and +# systemd reads the file as data. Sourcing it makes zsh run the second word of +# such a value as a command, which is where "command not found: ietf" came from. +# Read it as data instead and export the pairs. +if [ -f "$HOME/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf" ]; then + while IFS="=" read -r key value; do + value=${value%$'\r'} + case "$key" in + ""|\#*) continue ;; + [A-Za-z_]*) ;; + *) continue ;; + esac + export "$key=$value" + done < "$HOME/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf" +fi +``` + +Everything is taken after the first `=`, so spaces are just part of the value; comments and junk keys are skipped; nothing is expanded or executed. + +Verified on `.27`: + +``` +the deployed old file: /home/sam/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf:70: command not found: ietf +the new block alone: started clean + PAPERCLIP_BOARD_KEY is set + secrets exported: 78 +``` + +## Rebuild `.27` to get it + +```sh +sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#sam-4screen-desktop +``` + +Seven derivations, already built. Nothing network-related changes, so it is safe to `switch`. + +Then check with `exec zsh` — it should start silently. Verified after that with `echo ${PAPERCLIP_BOARD_KEY:+set}` if you want to see the key arriving. + +**`.51` I could not reach** (`No route to host`, so it is off or off the network). If it has the same block in `/etc/nixos/home/sam/config/zsh/local.zsh`, it has the same noise and the same fix; I will do it when the machine is back. + +## Committed + +- `paperclip-harness` → `32fb356`, pushed, commands and binary synced to `.27` +- `nixos-4screen` (`/etc/nixos` on `.27`) → `587db3f`, pushed +- backup of the old zsh fragment at `/tmp/local.zsh.bak-harness` on `.27` + +And for the record: the `office` commands no longer need any of this. They read `~/.config/environment.d/*.conf` themselves, as data, the same way. The zsh change is only so *your* shells have the variables for other tools. + +## Source paths observed + +- `home/sam/.config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `nix/store/v2z0s2nw8xmjq5b4icj21wjm0jv2xpwx-hm_local.zsh` +- `home/sam/.config/zsh` +- `./config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `HOME/.config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `HOME/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf` +- `etc/nixos/home/sam/config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `etc/nixos/home/sam/config/zsh` +- `home/sam/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf` +- `.config/zsh/local.zsh` + +## Evidence + +- Confidence: 82% +- Reason: Captured factual repo structure/configuration patterns from rich discovery + +## Related learned memories + +- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-12-22-47-55|Rich discovery: home 2026-11-12 22:47:55]] +- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|home]] +- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|home repository structure and configuration patterns]] + + +--- + +## Update (2026-11-12 23:03:35) + +## Structural/configuration observations (2026-11-12 23:03:35) + +`.51` is done. Two things were needed, and only one of them urgently. + +## `.51`: the commands were stale, now current + +The copy at `~/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/` predated today's changes, so `office` there had the old prompt and the old `l`-for-lazygit binding. Synced: + +``` +office — open a folder as a project, and say what else can be run +PUT INTO .gitignore EVERY FILE ... ✓ +``` + +`.51` was already in good shape otherwise: `~/.local/bin` is on `PATH`, `office` resolves by name, and Pi is 1.5.0. + +## `.51` has the same zsh block, but it is silent — for now + +Same deployed file, same `set -a; source` block, sourced by `~/.zshrc`. It prints nothing today, and I measured why: + +``` +old block against .51's secrets file: no "command not found" +.27's secrets file: line 70 has a value with a space → the error +``` + +So on `.51` the fault is present but **nothing in that secrets file contains a space yet**. It would start printing the day any value gets one — exactly what happened on `.27`. I patched it anyway, because the next value with a space, a `$` or a backtick would not just be noise: those get expanded by a shell. + +Verified on `.51`: + +``` +syntax ok +clean start +PAPERCLIP_BOARD_KEY is set +``` + +So **`.51` does not need a rebuild for anything to work.** When convenient: + +```sh +sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#sam-thinkpad +``` + +Seven derivations, already built, nothing network-related. Or leave it until the next time you rebuild for another reason — nothing is broken meanwhile. + +## Where the three machines stand + +| machine | Pi | Go | `office` on PATH | commands current | +|---|---|---|---|---| +| `.13` nixos-desktop | 1.5.0 | 1.26.5 | yes | **this is the source** | +| `.27` sam-4screen-desktop | 1.5.0 | 1.26.2 | yes | yes | +| `.51` sam-thinkpad | 1.5.0 | 1.26.7 | yes | yes | + +One Pi store path on all three, `office --help`, `--host` and the git gate available everywhere. + +The `0` against `.13` is not a problem: `.13` runs the repository's own `bin/office` through `~/.local/bin/office`, so it is the thing the others copy from. + +## Outstanding, if you want them + +- **`.27` rebuild** for the zsh fix (`587db3f`) — that one removes a message you are seeing every shell start. +- **`.51` rebuild** for the same fix (`17ab884`) — cosmetic; the message has not appeared yet. +- `~/SECURITY` is a `local_path` project with no worktrees, and `~/TEST-BETA` is untouched and not a repository. Both are yours to run through the gate when you choose. + +All committed and pushed: `paperclip-harness` `32fb356`, `nixos-4screen` `587db3f`, `nixos-thinkpad` `17ab884`. Backups of the old zsh fragment are at `/tmp/local.zsh.bak-harness` on both machines. + +## Source paths observed + +- `etc/nixos/home/sam/config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `HOME/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf` +- `home/sam/.local/bin/office` +- `home/sam/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office` +- `home/sam/.config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `nix/store/42dhgv507vmfr6bap0mn5b2fzxih0pj5-home-manager-files/.config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `HOME/.config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `./config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin` +- `.local/bin/office` + +## Evidence + +- Confidence: 82% +- Reason: Captured factual repo structure/configuration patterns from rich discovery + +## Related learned memories + +- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-local-2026-11-12-23-03-35|Rich discovery: .local 2026-11-12 23:03:35]] +- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|.local]] +- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|.local repository structure and configuration patterns]] diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-12-22-47-55.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-12-22-47-55.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7432bed --- /dev/null +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-12-22-47-55.md @@ -0,0 +1,138 @@ +--- +type: session +id: session.paperclip-harness.rich-discovery-home-2026-11-12-22-47-55 +title: Rich discovery: home 2026-11-12 22:47:55 +status: active +source_of_truth: false +freshness: current +last_reviewed: 2026-11-12 +tags: + - pack/paperclip-harness + - agent-memory/session + - autolearn + - rich-discovery + - repo/home +--- + +# Rich discovery: home 2026-11-12 22:47:55 + +Sanitized rich discovery snapshot captured automatically from the completed turn. + + +## Source paths observed + +- `home/sam/.config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `nix/store/v2z0s2nw8xmjq5b4icj21wjm0jv2xpwx-hm_local.zsh` +- `home/sam/.config/zsh` +- `./config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `HOME/.config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `HOME/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf` +- `etc/nixos/home/sam/config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `etc/nixos/home/sam/config/zsh` +- `home/sam/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf` +- `.config/zsh/local.zsh` + +## Final answer snapshot + +Both fixed. `l` is yours again. + +## `g` for git, `l` goes back to navigation + +You are right, and I had the wrong model: TUIOS keeps `h j k l` only in *window* mode. Inside a pane the program gets them, so `l` was already doing real work and I took it away. + +| key | does | on | +|---|---|---| +| `t` | the tool chooser — lazygit, yazi, nvim, hunk, fzf, ocr, shell | `Board>board`, `Project>project` | +| `g` | lazygit, straight away, in the project folder | `Board>board`, `Project>project` | +| `l` / `h` | next / previous tab, as before | `Project>project` | +| `l` | next tab in the needs panel, as before | `Board>board` | + +`g` was free on both panes. The footers and the `?` help now say `g lazygit`, `t tools`. + +## The `.27` error: my advice caused it + +`exec zsh` printed: + +``` +/home/sam/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf:70: command not found: ietf +``` + +and the cause is the second option I offered you for getting keys into shells — `source` the secrets file from zsh. It is now in `~/.config/zsh/local.zsh`: + +```sh +if [ -f "$HOME/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf" ]; then + set -a + source "$HOME/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf" + set +a +fi +``` + +That cannot work in general. **`environment.d` is not shell.** It is a data file: values may contain spaces, quotes and `#`, and systemd reads them as plain text. A shell does not. Line 70 holds a value with a space in it, so zsh assigned the first word and tried to run the second one as a command — `ietf`. It is harmless noise, and the rest of the file still loads, but it will appear on every shell start and could get worse on the next value with a `$` or a backtick in it (those would be *expanded*). + +Also worth knowing: `~/.config/zsh/local.zsh` is not editable on `.27` — it is a store copy of `/etc/nixos/home/sam/config/zsh/local.zsh`, which is why my first attempt failed with a read-only filesystem. It goes out with a rebuild. + +The replacement, now in your config: + +```sh +# environment.d is NOT shell: a value may contain a space, a quote or a #, and +# systemd reads the file as data. Sourcing it makes zsh run the second word of +# such a value as a command, which is where "command not found: ietf" came from. +# Read it as data instead and export the pairs. +if [ -f "$HOME/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf" ]; then + while IFS="=" read -r key value; do + value=${value%$'\r'} + case "$key" in + ""|\#*) continue ;; + [A-Za-z_]*) ;; + *) continue ;; + esac + export "$key=$value" + done < "$HOME/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf" +fi +``` + +Everything is taken after the first `=`, so spaces are just part of the value; comments and junk keys are skipped; nothing is expanded or executed. + +Verified on `.27`: + +``` +the deployed old file: /home/sam/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf:70: command not found: ietf +the new block alone: started clean + PAPERCLIP_BOARD_KEY is set + secrets exported: 78 +``` + +## Rebuild `.27` to get it + +```sh +sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#sam-4screen-desktop +``` + +Seven derivations, already built. Nothing network-related changes, so it is safe to `switch`. + +Then check with `exec zsh` — it should start silently. Verified after that with `echo ${PAPERCLIP_BOARD_KEY:+set}` if you want to see the key arriving. + +**`.51` I could not reach** (`No route to host`, so it is off or off the network). If it has the same block in `/etc/nixos/home/sam/config/zsh/local.zsh`, it has the same noise and the same fix; I will do it when the machine is back. + +## Committed + +- `paperclip-harness` → `32fb356`, pushed, commands and binary synced to `.27` +- `nixos-4screen` (`/etc/nixos` on `.27`) → `587db3f`, pushed +- backup of the old zsh fragment at `/tmp/local.zsh.bak-harness` on `.27` + +And for the record: the `office` commands no longer need any of this. They read `~/.config/environment.d/*.conf` themselves, as data, the same way. The zsh change is only so *your* shells have the variables for other tools. + +## Evidence + +- Confidence: 86% +- Reason: Preserve full sanitized discovery detail from a rich investigation turn + +## Related + +- [[packs/paperclip-harness/00-system/pi-agent/memory-manifest|Memory Manifest]] + +## Related learned memories + +- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-home-2026-11-12-22-47-55|Rich discovery: home 2026-11-12 22:47:55]] +- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/home|home]] +- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|home repository structure and configuration patterns]] diff --git a/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-local-2026-11-12-23-03-35.md b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-local-2026-11-12-23-03-35.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..905cbb2 --- /dev/null +++ b/.pi/memory-vault/packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-local-2026-11-12-23-03-35.md @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +--- +type: session +id: session.paperclip-harness.rich-discovery-local-2026-11-12-23-03-35 +title: Rich discovery: .local 2026-11-12 23:03:35 +status: active +source_of_truth: false +freshness: current +last_reviewed: 2026-11-12 +tags: + - pack/paperclip-harness + - agent-memory/session + - autolearn + - rich-discovery + - repo/local +--- + +# Rich discovery: .local 2026-11-12 23:03:35 + +Sanitized rich discovery snapshot captured automatically from the completed turn. + + +## Source paths observed + +- `etc/nixos/home/sam/config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `HOME/.config/environment.d/10-secrets.conf` +- `home/sam/.local/bin/office` +- `home/sam/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office` +- `home/sam/.config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `nix/store/42dhgv507vmfr6bap0mn5b2fzxih0pj5-home-manager-files/.config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `HOME/.config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `./config/zsh/local.zsh` +- `.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin` +- `.local/bin/office` + +## Final answer snapshot + +`.51` is done. Two things were needed, and only one of them urgently. + +## `.51`: the commands were stale, now current + +The copy at `~/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/` predated today's changes, so `office` there had the old prompt and the old `l`-for-lazygit binding. Synced: + +``` +office — open a folder as a project, and say what else can be run +PUT INTO .gitignore EVERY FILE ... ✓ +``` + +`.51` was already in good shape otherwise: `~/.local/bin` is on `PATH`, `office` resolves by name, and Pi is 1.5.0. + +## `.51` has the same zsh block, but it is silent — for now + +Same deployed file, same `set -a; source` block, sourced by `~/.zshrc`. It prints nothing today, and I measured why: + +``` +old block against .51's secrets file: no "command not found" +.27's secrets file: line 70 has a value with a space → the error +``` + +So on `.51` the fault is present but **nothing in that secrets file contains a space yet**. It would start printing the day any value gets one — exactly what happened on `.27`. I patched it anyway, because the next value with a space, a `$` or a backtick would not just be noise: those get expanded by a shell. + +Verified on `.51`: + +``` +syntax ok +clean start +PAPERCLIP_BOARD_KEY is set +``` + +So **`.51` does not need a rebuild for anything to work.** When convenient: + +```sh +sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos#sam-thinkpad +``` + +Seven derivations, already built, nothing network-related. Or leave it until the next time you rebuild for another reason — nothing is broken meanwhile. + +## Where the three machines stand + +| machine | Pi | Go | `office` on PATH | commands current | +|---|---|---|---|---| +| `.13` nixos-desktop | 1.5.0 | 1.26.5 | yes | **this is the source** | +| `.27` sam-4screen-desktop | 1.5.0 | 1.26.2 | yes | yes | +| `.51` sam-thinkpad | 1.5.0 | 1.26.7 | yes | yes | + +One Pi store path on all three, `office --help`, `--host` and the git gate available everywhere. + +The `0` against `.13` is not a problem: `.13` runs the repository's own `bin/office` through `~/.local/bin/office`, so it is the thing the others copy from. + +## Outstanding, if you want them + +- **`.27` rebuild** for the zsh fix (`587db3f`) — that one removes a message you are seeing every shell start. +- **`.51` rebuild** for the same fix (`17ab884`) — cosmetic; the message has not appeared yet. +- `~/SECURITY` is a `local_path` project with no worktrees, and `~/TEST-BETA` is untouched and not a repository. Both are yours to run through the gate when you choose. + +All committed and pushed: `paperclip-harness` `32fb356`, `nixos-4screen` `587db3f`, `nixos-thinkpad` `17ab884`. Backups of the old zsh fragment are at `/tmp/local.zsh.bak-harness` on both machines. + +## Evidence + +- Confidence: 86% +- Reason: Preserve full sanitized discovery detail from a rich investigation turn + +## Related + +- [[packs/paperclip-harness/00-system/pi-agent/memory-manifest|Memory Manifest]] + +## Related learned memories + +- session: [[packs/paperclip-harness/80-sessions/rich-discovery-local-2026-11-12-23-03-35|Rich discovery: .local 2026-11-12 23:03:35]] +- context: [[packs/paperclip-harness/20-context/paperclip-harness|.local]] +- observation: [[packs/paperclip-harness/60-observations/tmp-repository-structure-and-configuration-patterns|.local repository structure and configuration patterns]] diff --git a/bin/office b/bin/office index 2b65da9..42b9e63 100755 --- a/bin/office +++ b/bin/office @@ -228,10 +228,25 @@ def is_this_machine(name): def install_wrapper(addr, remote_bin): - """Leave a short `office` on the other machine's PATH, pointing at the copy.""" + """Leave a short `office` on the other machine's PATH, pointing at the copy. + + The path is written out in full rather than using $HOME, because $HOME is + /root under sudo and the wrapper then looks for a copy that is not there. + """ + home = subprocess.run(["ssh", "-o", "BatchMode=yes", addr, 'printf %s "$HOME"'], + capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=60).stdout.strip() + if not home: + return script = ("#!/bin/sh\n" "# Written by office on another machine. Runs the copy it keeps here.\n" - 'exec "$HOME/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin/office" "$@"\n') + "#\n" + "# Run this as your own user, never with sudo: it talks to your TUIOS\n" + "# daemon and to your Paperclip key, and neither exists for root.\n" + 'if [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ]; then\n' + ' echo "office: run this as your own user, not with sudo." >&2\n' + ' exit 2\n' + 'fi\n' + 'exec "%s/office" "$@"\n' % (home + "/.local/share/paperclip-harness/bin")) subprocess.run(["ssh", "-o", "BatchMode=yes", addr, "mkdir -p \"$HOME/.local/bin\" && cat > \"$HOME/.local/bin/office\" && chmod +x \"$HOME/.local/bin/office\""], input=script, text=True, capture_output=True, timeout=60) @@ -575,6 +590,11 @@ def note_ignore(folder, opts): def main(): + if os.geteuid() == 0: + h.say("office: run this as your own user, not with sudo.") + h.say(" it reads your Paperclip key and asks your TUIOS daemon to make panes;") + h.say(" neither of those exists for root, and files it wrote would belong to root.") + return 2 argv = sys.argv[1:] if not argv or "-h" in argv or "--help" in argv: h.say(USAGE.strip())