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| author | matthewcroughan <matt@croughan.sh> | 2022-12-26 20:21:08 +0000 |
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| committer | John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems> | 2023-04-06 19:59:57 -0400 |
| commit | 9207f945822764a041a485009759f0a895468e94 (patch) | |
| tree | 8eb60530be71b451d588d493dde52efe86ea30ff /doc/manual | |
| parent | 91856396317995aa38dc7244357596b8de27f937 (diff) | |
Add `Store::isTrustedClient()`
This function returns true or false depending on whether the Nix client
is trusted or not. Mostly relevant when speaking to a remote store with
a daemon.
We include this information in `nix ping store` and `nix doctor`
Co-Authored-By: John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md index ae159de8f..af1850bdc 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md @@ -39,3 +39,9 @@ * `man nix-store-<operation>` and `man nix-env-<operation>` * `nix-store --help --<operation>` and `nix-env --help --<operation>`. + +* Nix when used as a client now checks whether the store (the server) trusts the client. + (The store always had to check whether it trusts the client, but now the client is informed of the store's decision.) + This is useful for scripting interactions with (non-legacy-ssh) remote Nix stores. + + `nix store ping` and `nix doctor` now display this information. |