nixos/systembus-notify: add support for system services notifying users

2 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index ff95d6500b9c..13703968167c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -987,6 +987,7 @@
   ./services/system/nscd.nix
   ./services/system/saslauthd.nix
   ./services/system/self-deploy.nix
+  ./services/system/systembus-notify.nix
   ./services/system/uptimed.nix
   ./services/torrent/deluge.nix
   ./services/torrent/flexget.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/system/systembus-notify.nix b/nixos/modules/services/system/systembus-notify.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e918bc552ece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/system/systembus-notify.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.systembus-notify;
+
+  inherit (lib) mkEnableOption mkIf;
+
+in
+{
+  options.services.systembus-notify = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption ''
+      System bus notification support
+
+      WARNING: enabling this option (while convenient) should *not* be done on a
+      machine where you do not trust the other users as it allows any other
+      local user to DoS your session by spamming notifications.
+    '';
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    systemd = {
+      packages = with pkgs; [ systembus-notify ];
+
+      user.services.systembus-notify.wantedBy = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+    };
+  };
+}