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| author | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2012-12-21 15:00:07 +0100 |
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| committer | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2012-12-21 15:00:07 +0100 |
| commit | 68dcbb187e540034e85b5b77d1b37cec1759a587 (patch) | |
| tree | 5d7a45a3da8d39ebf6d63bcfd83e9b2c891f3178 /doc | |
| parent | 5ee7d8fbab71b9eef94f1eecd38de511d00f6149 (diff) | |
download-from-binary-cache: Use the channels of the calling user rather than root
This should make live easier for single-user (non-daemon)
installations. Note that when the daemon is used, the "calling user"
is root so we're not using any untrusted caches.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/conf-file.xml | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml index 6a575b9e3..70437686d 100644 --- a/doc/manual/conf-file.xml +++ b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml @@ -341,10 +341,12 @@ build-use-chroot = /dev /proc /bin</programlisting> <listitem><para>A list of names of files that will be read to obtain additional binary cache URLs. The default is - <literal>/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/binary-caches/*</literal>, - which ensures that Nix will use the binary caches corresponding to - the channels installed by root. Do not set this option to read - files created by untrusted users!</para></listitem> + <literal>/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/<replaceable>username</replaceable>/channels/binary-caches/*</literal>. + Note that when you’re using the Nix daemon, + <replaceable>username</replaceable> is always equal to + <literal>root</literal>, so Nix will only use the binary caches + provided by the channels installed by root. Do not set this + option to read files created by untrusted users!</para></listitem> </varlistentry> |