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| author | Renzo Carbonara <gnuk0001@gmail.com> | 2017-02-01 13:37:34 +0100 |
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| committer | Renzo Carbonara <gnuk0001@gmail.com> | 2017-02-02 13:24:20 +0100 |
| commit | e6e74f987f0fa284d220432d426eb965269a97d6 (patch) | |
| tree | d2f68a17ff215f392b542d213eca88c70e900c3a /doc/manual | |
| parent | 1351b0df87a0984914769c5dc76489618b3a3fec (diff) | |
Add netrc-file support
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml index 6c0af39ec..a7d60538c 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml @@ -430,6 +430,21 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry><term><literal>netrc-file</literal></term> + + <listitem><para>If set to an absolute path to a <filename>netrc</filename> + file, Nix will use the HTTP authentication credentials in this file when + trying to download from a remote host through HTTP or HTTPS. Defaults to + <filename>$NIX_CONF_DIR/netrc</filename>.</para> + + <para>The <filename>netrc</filename> file consists of zero or more lines + like: <literal>machine <replaceable>my-machine</replaceable> login + <replaceable>my-username</replaceable> password + <replaceable>my-password</replaceable></literal>.</para></listitem> + + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry><term><literal>system</literal></term> <listitem><para>This option specifies the canonical Nix system |