NixOS custom directory with uid/gid/mode? (And, bind mount?)

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Here is my take on it from slightly different angle:

  1. Running arbitrary command at rebuild or bootup could be done with system.activationScripts. I’m using it toset arbitrary file permissions:
  system.activationScripts.foo_home_read = pkgs.lib.stringAfter [ "users" ]
    ''
      # allow all users peek at the configs
      chmod g+rx /home/foo
    '';
  1. Exporting pipewire for other users could be done by creating extra socket with more accessible path. I’m using the following:
  services.pipewire.pulse.enable = true;
  # allow other user use sound by absolute address:
  services.pipewire.config.pipewire-pulse = {
    "pulse.properties" = {
      "server.address" = [
        # default:
        "unix:native"
        # extension:
        "unix:/tmp/pulse-for-all"
      ];
    };
  };
  hardware.pulseaudio.extraClientConf = ''
    default-server=unix:/tmp/pulse-for-all
  '';

# cat ~/.config/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.socket.d/override.conf
[Socket]
ListenStream=/tmp/pulse-for-all