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+---
+name: run-confined
+description: Run confined / sandbox an untrusted command — use for `curl ... | bash` installers, npm/npx/bunx of unvetted packages, or any third-party script that should not see ~/.ssh, ~/.config/gh, tokens, or the rest of $HOME; when someone says "run it confined", "sandbox this", or "don't pipe that into my shell". Runs the command in a transient systemd user unit whose only writable place is ~/.local.
+---
+
+# Run confined: untrusted code in a one-shot systemd user unit
+
+[run-confined.sh](run-confined.sh) runs a command in a transient
+`systemd-run --user` service with kernel-enforced sandboxing:
+
+- `$HOME` is an unreadable tmpfs (`ProtectHome=yes`): no `~/.ssh`,
+  `~/.config/gh`, `.env` files, or other secrets.
+- The only writable place is `/tmp/confined`, a bind mount of `~/.local`;
+  inside the unit `$HOME` points there. Whatever gets installed lands in
+  `~/.local` on the host.
+- System dirs are read-only; `/tmp` and `/dev` are private.
+- The calling shell's environment is not inherited (no `GH_TOKEN`,
+  `SSH_AUTH_SOCK`, ...). Network is allowed.
+- Node (newest nvm v22, bound read-only) is on `PATH` when present.
+
+Before running anything, the script does a wet test: if `~/.ssh` is still
+visible from inside a probe unit, it aborts with exit 3 and runs nothing.
+
+## Usage
+
+```sh
+.agents/skills/run-confined/run-confined.sh -- cmd [args...]
+```
+
+Arguments naming paths under `$HOME` or `~/.local` are rewritten to the
+`/tmp/confined` equivalents; add `--preserve-paths` to opt out.
+
+stdin, stdout, and stderr are piped through (`systemd-run -P`), so a
+download-and-run installer works as a pipe. Fetch with `curl` on the host
+(read it first), then run the interpreter confined. Pass environment
+explicitly with `env`, since the unit doesn't inherit any:
+
+```sh
+curl -fsSL https://bun.com/install -o /tmp/bun-install.sh
+less /tmp/bun-install.sh
+.agents/skills/run-confined/run-confined.sh -- \
+  env BUN_INSTALL=/tmp/confined bash < /tmp/bun-install.sh
+# -> ~/.local/bin/bun on the host
+```
+
+Point installers at `/tmp/confined` (e.g. `BUN_INSTALL`, `npm_config_prefix`,
+which the script already sets), not `$HOME/.foo`. That way binaries land in
+`~/.local/bin`, which is already on the host `PATH`. Rc-file edits an
+installer makes go to `~/.local/.bashrc` and similar, where they have no
+effect; check for them and delete them.
+
+## When the wet test aborts
+
+On Ubuntu 24.04, `kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns=1` (the
+default) stops the systemd user manager from creating namespaces, and
+systemd *silently* skips the sandbox. The script refuses rather than run
+unconfined. The operator decides whether to lift it:
+
+```sh
+sudo sysctl kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns=0   # until reboot
+```
+
+Don't run the command unconfined as a fallback. Report the abort and
+let the operator choose. The script header lists the full symptom set.
+
+The canonical copy of this script is
+`~/projects/office-admin/tools/run-confined.sh`.
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Run a command inside a one-shot, kernel-confined systemd USER unit.
+#
+# Usage: run-confined.sh -- cmd [args...]
+#
+# Everything after the first "--" is executed in a transient user service
+# with strong sandboxing. Inside the unit:
+#   * $HOME is an unreadable tmpfs - ~/.ssh, ~/.config/gh, CI secrets
+#     do not exist / cannot be read. Denial by kernel namespace.
+#   * the only writable place is /tmp/confined, which is a bind mount of
+#     ~/.local, and $HOME points there. Installs for this machine land in
+#     ~/.local and stay there.
+#   * system dirs are read-only; /dev and /tmp are private.
+#
+# The unit is started by the systemd user manager, so the calling shell's
+# environment is NOT inherited (no GH_TOKEN, SSH_AUTH_SOCK, etc.) unless
+# explicitly passed via Environment= below.
+#
+# Requires the user manager to be able to create mount/user namespaces.
+# Ubuntu 24.04 ships kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns=1 which
+# blocks that; run-confined refuses to run unless the sandbox is proven
+# effective by a wet test, so it never silently runs unconfined.
+#
+# TROUBLESHOOTING
+# --------------
+# On Ubuntu 24.04 the AppArmor userns boundary (
+# kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns=1 , set by default) stops
+# the systemd user manager from creating namespaces. systemd then SILENTLY
+# skips sandbox setup rather than failing the unit, so the command still
+# "runs" while the sandbox is off. Symptoms:
+#   * wet-test abort with a leak report that lists the full $HOME (incl.
+#     ~/.ssh), instead of an empty / "Permission denied" home.
+#   * "UTS namespace setup is prohibited (container manager?), ignoring
+#     namespace setup." in `journalctl --user -b`.
+#   * units die at once with status=218/CAPABILITIES + journal line
+#     "Failed to drop capabilities: Operation not permitted" when any of
+#     PrivateDevices/ProtectClock/ProtectHostname/ProtectKernel* is set.
+#   * unrelated sandboxes (firejail, unshare -m, podman rootless) fail too.
+# None of this means the box is broken; it is a deliberate AppArmor
+# containment boundary. To use namespaced sandboxes again, either
+# temporarily with:
+#     sudo sysctl kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns=0
+# or persist it across reboots with:
+#     echo 'kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns=0' \
+#       | sudo tee /etc/sysctl.d/60-userns.conf
+#
+# Some hardening properties need capset() / extra namespaces and are not
+# available on every kernel; each is probed and dropped with a note.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+usage() {
+  sed -n '3,9p' "$0"
+  exit 2
+}
+
+[[ $# -ge 1 && $1 == "--" ]] || usage
+shift
+[[ $# -ge 1 ]] || usage
+
+carve="/tmp/confined"
+writerowed="$HOME/.local"
+wet_marker=".run-confined-wet"
+
+# Command args that reference files under $HOME are normally tab-completed
+# on the host, but inside the unit $HOME is blanked and the carve lives at
+# $carve. Rewrite such args so you type the host path and the unit still
+# finds it. Pass the literal directory with "--preserve-paths" to opt out.
+preserve_paths=0
+for a in "$@"; do
+  [ "$a" = "--preserve-paths" ] && preserve_paths=1
+done
+
+map_path() {
+  case "$1" in
+    "$writerowed"/*) printf '%s/%s' "$carve" "${1#"$writerowed"/}" ;;
+    "$writerowed") printf '%s' "$carve" ;;
+    "$HOME"/*) printf '%s/%s' "$carve" "${1#"$HOME"/}" ;;
+    "$HOME") printf '%s' "$carve" ;;
+    *) printf '%s' "$1" ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+cmd=()
+for a in "$@"; do
+  if [ "$a" = "--preserve-paths" ]; then
+    continue
+  elif [ "$preserve_paths" -eq 1 ]; then
+    cmd+=("$a")
+  else
+    cmd+=("$(map_path "$a")")
+  fi
+done
+[[ ${#cmd[@]} -ge 1 ]] || usage
+
+# Node for the unit. No downloads, no checksum theater: the newest nvm
+# v22 install is bound in READ-ONLY (so the unit gets node+npm but cannot
+# tamper with ~/.nvm). Override with CONFINED_NODE=/path/to/node-dir (the
+# dir that has bin/node). A standalone carve node is preferred if present.
+unit_path="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"
+bind_node_dir=""
+node_target="/tmp/confined-node"
+
+if [[ -x "$HOME/.local/share/pi-node/current/bin/node" ]]; then
+  unit_path="$HOME/.local/share/pi-node/current/bin:$unit_path"
+elif [[ -n "${CONFINED_NODE:-}" && -x "$CONFINED_NODE/bin/node" ]]; then
+  bind_node_dir="$CONFINED_NODE"
+  unit_path="$node_target/bin:$unit_path"
+else
+  newest_bin=$(ls -d "$HOME"/.nvm/versions/node/v22.*/bin 2>/dev/null | sort -V | tail -1)
+  if [[ -n "$newest_bin" && -x "$newest_bin/node" ]]; then
+    bind_node_dir="${newest_bin%/bin}"
+    unit_path="$node_target/bin:$unit_path"
+  fi
+fi
+
+base_props=(
+  "ProtectSystem=strict"
+  "ProtectHome=yes"
+  "BindPaths=$writerowed:$carve"
+  "PrivateTmp=yes"
+  "PrivateMounts=yes"
+  "ProtectKernelTunables=yes"
+  "ProtectControlGroups=yes"
+  "RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6 AF_NETLINK"
+  "RestrictRealtime=yes"
+  "RestrictSUIDSGID=yes"
+  "LockPersonality=yes"
+  "NoNewPrivileges=yes"
+  "MemoryMax=1G"
+  "TasksMax=200"
+  "TimeoutStartSec=infinity"
+)
+
+# capset-dependent; known to fail under some kernels -> probe and drop.
+optional_props=(
+  "PrivateDevices=yes"
+  "ProtectClock=yes"
+  "ProtectHostname=yes"
+  "ProtectKernelModules=yes"
+  "ProtectKernelLogs=yes"
+)
+
+probe_pass() {
+  timeout 10 systemd-run --user --wait -q --property="$1" -- /bin/true 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+# A real sandbox blanks $HOME (unreadable), exposes only the carve, and
+# allows writes there. Concretely: $HOME/.ssh must not be listable, and a
+# touch/rm round-trip must work inside the carve. Anything else means
+# systemd silently skipped the namespace setup -> not confined.
+sandbox_wet_test() {
+  timeout 20 systemd-run --user --wait -q \
+    --property="ProtectHome=yes" \
+    --property="BindPaths=$writerowed:$carve" \
+    --property="PrivateTmp=yes" \
+    --property="Environment=HOME=$carve" \
+    -- /bin/sh -c "ls -d \"\$HOME/.ssh\" >/dev/null 2>&1 && exit 1; touch \"$carve/$wet_marker\" && rm \"$carve/$wet_marker\"" 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+# Show what leaked, to diagnose an ineffective sandbox.
+sandbox_leak_report() {
+  timeout 20 systemd-run --user --wait -P \
+    --property="ProtectHome=yes" \
+    --property="BindPaths=$writerowed:$carve" \
+    --property="PrivateTmp=yes" \
+    --property="Environment=HOME=$carve" \
+    -- /bin/sh -c 'echo "HOME listing (expect Permission denied):"; ls -A "$HOME" 2>&1; echo; echo ".ssh (expect cannot access):"; ls -d "$HOME/.ssh" 2>&1; echo; echo "carve:"; ls "$carve" 2>&1 | head -5' 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+props=("${base_props[@]}")
+if [[ -n "$bind_node_dir" ]]; then
+  props+=("BindReadOnlyPaths=$bind_node_dir:$node_target")
+fi
+for p in "${optional_props[@]}"; do
+  if probe_pass "$p"; then
+    props+=("$p")
+  else
+    echo "note: dropping unsupported hardening property: $p" >&2
+  fi
+done
+
+if ! sandbox_wet_test; then
+  echo "abort: sandbox is not actually enforced on this kernel/session" >&2
+  echo "  ~/.ssh must not exist inside the transient unit and the carve" >&2
+  echo "  write must succeed; the wet test failed, so NOTHING ran." >&2
+  echo "  This is the apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns=1 symptom on" >&2
+  echo "  Ubuntu 24.04 (see the header for the full symptom list). Fix:" >&2
+  echo "    sudo sysctl kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns=0" >&2
+  echo "  or persist: echo 'kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns=0' |" >&2
+  echo "    sudo tee /etc/sysctl.d/60-userns.conf" >&2
+  echo "Leak report from the probe unit follows:" >&2
+  sandbox_leak_report >&2 || true
+  exit 3
+fi
+
+unit_name="run-confined-$(date +%s%N)"
+
+systemd_run_args=(
+  --user --wait -P
+  --unit="$unit_name"
+  --property="Type=oneshot"
+  --property="WorkingDirectory=$carve"
+  --property="Environment=HOME=$carve"
+  --property="Environment=PATH=$unit_path"
+  --property="Environment=TMPDIR=${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"
+  --property="Environment=TERM=vt100"
+  --property="Environment=npm_config_prefix=$carve"
+  --property="Environment=npm_config_cache=$carve/share/node/npm-cache"
+)
+for p in "${props[@]}"; do
+  systemd_run_args+=(--property="$p")
+done
+
+systemd-run "${systemd_run_args[@]}" -- "${cmd[@]}"
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