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| author | John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems> | 2021-02-25 20:35:11 +0000 |
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| committer | John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems> | 2021-02-25 21:51:05 +0000 |
| commit | ca0994819d68aee26a2906c37a47ae609ac46c4c (patch) | |
| tree | c96805c008c22926b1eaadc340a99323d53be532 /src/nix/daemon.md | |
| parent | 10e81bf871551901ff0383bdede0f79325e93867 (diff) | |
| parent | c189031e8be0530d73a817571ad7f81ad5eedce6 (diff) | |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into path-info
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diff --git a/src/nix/daemon.md b/src/nix/daemon.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e97016a94 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/nix/daemon.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +R""( + +# Example + +* Run the daemon in the foreground: + + ```console + # nix daemon + ``` + +# Description + +This command runs the Nix daemon, which is a required component in +multi-user Nix installations. It performs build actions and other +operations on the Nix store on behalf of non-root users. Usually you +don't run the daemon directly; instead it's managed by a service +management framework such as `systemd`. + +Note that this daemon does not fork into the background. + +)"" |