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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2024 Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import configparser
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+def get_environment(env, string):
+    left = None
+    right = None
+
+    sep = string.rfind('=')
+    start = string[:sep].rfind(' ')
+
+    left = string[start + 1:sep]
+
+    if sep + 1 == len(string):
+        right = None
+    else:
+        if left[0] == '"':
+            left = string[start + 2:sep]
+            right = string[sep + 1:string[start + 2:sep].rfind('"') ]
+        elif left[0] == "'":
+            left = string[start + 2:sep]
+            right = string[sep + 1:string[start + 2:sep].rfind("'") ]
+        else:
+            right = string[sep + 1:]
+
+            if right[0] == "'" and right[-1] == "'":
+                right = right[1:-1]
+            elif right[0] == '"' and right[-1] == '"':
+                right = right[1:-1]
+
+    env[left] = right
+    if start > 0:
+        get_environment(env, string[:start])
+
+    return env
+
+def test_get_environment():
+    env1 = get_environment({}, """ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=""")
+    env2 = {'ONE': 'one',
+            'TWO': "'two two' too",
+            'THREE': None}
+
+    k1 = sorted(env1.keys())
+    k2 = sorted(env2.keys())
+    assert(k1 == k2)
+
+    for k in env1.keys():
+        assert(env1[k] == env2[k])
+
+test_get_environment()
+
+def run_systemd_service_unit(binary_name, service_file_path):
+    print("Starting {}.".format(binary_name))
+    result = subprocess.run(["pidof", "-c", binary_name])
+    if result.returncode == 0:
+        return
+
+    config = configparser.ConfigParser(strict=False)
+
+    config.read(service_file_path)
+
+    # man 5 systemd.service has "Unless Type= is oneshot, exactly one
+    # command must be given." about ExecStart=
+    # if config.get('Service', 'Type'):
+    #     print("Invalid /lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service file.")
+    #     sys.exit(os.EX_OSFILE)
+    command = config.get('Service', 'ExecStart')
+
+    if config.get('Service', 'Environment', fallback=False):
+        subprocess.run([command + " & "],
+                       shell=True,
+                       capture_output=True,
+                       env=get_environment({}, config.get('Service', 'Environment')))
+
+def mount_store_ro():
+    mounts = open('/proc/mounts', 'r').readlines()
+    for mount in mounts:
+        # Trust that the kernel will always use spaces not to break userspace.
+        fields = mount.split(" ")
+
+        target = fields[1]
+        options = fields[3]
+
+        if target == '/gnu/store':
+            if 'ro' not in options:
+                subprocess.run(["mount", "-o", "bind,ro", "/gnu/store", "/gnu/store"])
+
+if 'ID=guix\n' in open('/etc/os-release', 'r').readlines():
+    print("This script is not meant to run on a guix system.")
+    print("It's meant for running Guix on foreign distro (in a chroot).")
+    sys.exit(os.EX_OSFILE)
+
+if os.geteuid() != 0:
+    print("This script can only run as root.")
+    sys.exit(os.EX_NOPERM)
+
+mount_store_ro()
+run_systemd_service_unit('nscd', '/lib/systemd/system/nscd.service')
+run_systemd_service_unit('guix-daemon', '/lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service')