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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2007-10-31 18:01:56 +0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2007-10-31 18:01:56 +0000
commitfa44e401a8ca5cddc2c5506984f0cd476e0b7d57 (patch)
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* Documented multi-user Nix.
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@@ -263,6 +263,17 @@ $ mount -o bind /mnt/otherdisk/nix /nix</screen>
</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry xml:id="envar-remote"><term><envar>NIX_REMOTE</envar></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>This variable should be set to
+ <literal>daemon</literal> if you want to use the Nix daemon to
+ executed Nix operations, which is necessary in <link
+ linkend="ssec-multi-user">multi-user Nix installations</link>.
+ Otherwise, it should be left unset.</para></listitem>
+
+</varlistentry>
+
+
</variablelist>