3 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc
index 1aee150fda37..1ce23135fc37 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build.cc
@@ -2307,6 +2307,14 @@ void DerivationGoal::runChild()
 
         bool setUser = true;
 
+        /* Make the contents of netrc available to builtin:fetchurl
+           (which may run under a different uid and/or in a sandbox). */
+        std::string netrcData;
+        try {
+            if (drv->isBuiltin() && drv->builder == "builtin:fetchurl")
+                netrcData = readFile(settings.netrcFile);
+        } catch (SysError &) { }
+
 #if __linux__
         if (useChroot) {
 
@@ -2675,7 +2683,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::runChild()
         if (drv->isBuiltin()) {
             try {
                 if (drv->builder == "builtin:fetchurl")
-                    builtinFetchurl(*drv);
+                    builtinFetchurl(*drv, netrcData);
                 else
                     throw Error(format("unsupported builtin function ‘%1%’") % string(drv->builder, 8));
                 _exit(0);
@@ -3072,7 +3080,9 @@ void DerivationGoal::closeLogFile()
 void DerivationGoal::deleteTmpDir(bool force)
 {
     if (tmpDir != "") {
-        if (settings.keepFailed && !force) {
+        /* Don't keep temporary directories for builtins because they
+           might have privileged stuff (like a copy of netrc). */
+        if (settings.keepFailed && !force && !drv->isBuiltin()) {
             printError(
                 format("note: keeping build directory ‘%2%’")
                 % drvPath % tmpDir);
diff --git a/src/libstore/builtins.cc b/src/libstore/builtins.cc
index a30f30906f01..c5dbd57f8bc6 100644
--- a/src/libstore/builtins.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/builtins.cc
@@ -6,8 +6,16 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
-void builtinFetchurl(const BasicDerivation & drv)
+void builtinFetchurl(const BasicDerivation & drv, const std::string & netrcData)
 {
+    /* Make the host's netrc data available. Too bad curl requires
+       this to be stored in a file. It would be nice if we could just
+       pass a pointer to the data. */
+    if (netrcData != "") {
+        settings.netrcFile = "netrc";
+        writeFile(settings.netrcFile, netrcData, 0600);
+    }
+
     auto getAttr = [&](const string & name) {
         auto i = drv.env.find(name);
         if (i == drv.env.end()) throw Error(format("attribute ‘%s’ missing") % name);
diff --git a/src/libstore/builtins.hh b/src/libstore/builtins.hh
index 4b2431aa08cf..0cc6ba31f658 100644
--- a/src/libstore/builtins.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/builtins.hh
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
-void builtinFetchurl(const BasicDerivation & drv);
+void builtinFetchurl(const BasicDerivation & drv, const std::string & netrcData);
 
 }