Regenerate sysconf.txt once it has been processed

rpi-set-sysconf

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use feature 'switch';
 my ($filename, $conf);
 
 $filename = '/boot/firmware/sysconf.txt';
-exit 0 unless -f $filename;
 
 logger('info', "Reading the system configuration settings from $filename");
 $conf = read_conf($filename);
@@ -16,7 +15,11 @@ $conf = read_conf($filename);
 if (my $pass = delete($conf->{root_pw})) {
     my $pipe;
     logger('debug', 'Resetting root password');
-    open($pipe, '|-', '/usr/sbin/chpasswd') or die $!;
+    unless (open($pipe, '|-', '/usr/sbin/chpasswd')) {
+	my $err = $!;
+	logger('error', "Could not run chpasswd: $err");
+	die $err;
+    }
     $pipe->print("root:$pass");
     close($pipe);
 }
@@ -24,16 +27,17 @@ if (my $pass = delete($conf->{root_pw})) {
 if (my $name = delete($conf->{hostname})) {
     my $fh;
     logger('debug', "Setting hostname to '$name'");
-    $fh = IO::File->new('/etc/hostname', 'w') or die $!;
+    unless ($fh = IO::File->new('/etc/hostname', 'w')) {
+	my $err = $!;
+	logger('error', "Could not write hostname '$name': $err");
+	die $err;
+    }
     $fh->print($name);
     $fh->close;
     system('hostname', '--file', '/etc/hostname');
 }
 
-if (scalar keys %$conf) {
-    logger('warn', 'Unprocessed keys left in $filename: ' .
-	   join(', ', sort keys %$conf));
-}
+rewrite_conf_file($filename, $conf);
 
 exit 0;
 
@@ -42,7 +46,13 @@ sub read_conf {
     $file = shift;
 
     $conf = {};
-    $fh = IO::File->new($filename, 'r');
+    unless ($fh = IO::File->new($filename, 'r')) {
+	my $err = $!;
+	logger('error', "Could not read from configuration file '$filename': $err");
+	# Not finding the config file is not fatal: there is just
+	# nothing to configure!
+	return $conf;
+    }
     while (my $line = $fh->getline) {
 	my ($key, $value);
 	# Allow for comments, and properly ignore them
@@ -64,6 +74,61 @@ sub read_conf {
 
 sub logger {
     my ($prio, $msg) = @_;
-    system('/bin/logger', '-p', "daemon.$prio",
+    system('logger', '-p', "daemon.$prio",
 	   '-t', 'rpi-set-sysconf', $msg);
 }
+
+sub rewrite_conf_file {
+    my ($filename, $conf) = @_;
+    my $fh;
+    unless ($fh = IO::File->new($filename, 'w')) {
+	my $err = $!;
+	logger('error', "Could not write to configuration file '$filename': $err");
+	die $err;
+    }
+    $fh->print(
+q(# This file will be automatically evaluated and installed at next boot
+# time, and regenerated (to avoid leaking passwords and such information).
+#
+# To force it to be evaluated immediately, you can run (as root):
+#
+#     /usr/sbin/rpi-set-sysconf
+#
+# You can disable the file evaluation by disabling the rpi-set-sysconf
+# service in systemd:
+#
+#     systemctl disable rpi-set-sysconf
+#
+# Comments (all portions of a line following a '#' character) are
+# ignored. This file is read line by line. Valid
+# configuration lines are of the form 'key=value'. Whitespace around
+# 'key' and 'value' is ignored. This file will be _regenerated_ every
+# time it is evaluated.
+#
+# We follow the convention to indent with one space comments, and
+# leave no space to indicate the line is an example that could be
+# uncommented.
+
+# root_pw - Set a password for the root user (by default, it allows
+# for a passwordless login)
+#root_pw=FooBar
+
+# hostname - Set the system hostname.
+#hostname=rpi
+));
+
+    if (scalar keys %$conf) {
+	logger('warn', 'Unprocessed keys left in $filename: ' .
+	       join(', ', sort keys %$conf));
+	$fh->print(
+q(
+# We found the following unhandled keys - That means, the
+# configuration script does not know how to handle them. Please
+# double-check them!
+));
+	$fh->print(join('', map {sprintf("%s=%s\n", $_, $conf->{$_})} sort keys %$conf));
+    }
+    $fh->close;
+}
+
+

rpi-set-sysconf.service

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Description=Set up system configuration
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/rpi-set-sysconf
-ExecStart=/bin/systemctl --no-reload disable %n
 
 [Install]
 RequiredBy=basic.target

sysconf.txt

@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
-# This file will be automatically evaluated and installed _only_ at
-# the first boot of this image.
+# This file will be automatically evaluated and installed at next boot
+# time, and regenerated (to avoid leaking passwords and such information).
 #
-# To force it to be evaluated later, you can run (as root):
+# To force it to be evaluated immediately, you can run (as root):
 #
-# /usr/sbin/set-sysconf
+#     /usr/sbin/rpi-set-sysconf
+#
+# You can disable the file evaluation by disabling the rpi-set-sysconf
+# service in systemd:
+#
+#     systemctl disable rpi-set-sysconf
 #
 # Comments (all portions of a line following a '#' character) are
-# ignored. This file is read line by line (ordering is ignored). Valid
+# ignored. This file is read line by line. Valid
 # configuration lines are of the form 'key=value'. Whitespace around
-# 'key' and 'value' is ignored.
+# 'key' and 'value' is ignored. This file will be _regenerated_ every
+# time it is evaluated.
 #
 # We follow the convention to indent with one space comments, and
 # leave no space to indicate the line is an example that could be
@@ -20,3 +26,7 @@
 
 # hostname - Set the system hostname.
 #hostname=rpi
+
+# We found the following unhandled keys - That means, the
+# configuration script does not know how to handle them. Please
+# double-check them!