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authorBryan Honof <bryanhonof@gmail.com>2023-08-28 15:43:34 +0200
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Port the flags of nix-daemon to nix daemon (#8788)
The new `nix daemon` command didn't accept the same flags that `nix-daemon` did. * docs(daemon): clarify the daemon trust override flags * fix: change declaration order * docs: add examples of nix daemon usage * Apply suggestions from code review --------- Co-authored-by: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me> Co-authored-by: tomberek <tomberek@users.noreply.github.com>
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-# Example
+# Examples
-* Run the daemon in the foreground:
+* Run the daemon:
```console
# nix daemon
```
+* Run the daemon and listen on standard I/O instead of binding to a UNIX socket:
+
+ ```console
+ # nix daemon --stdio
+ ```
+
+* Run the daemon and force all connections to be trusted:
+
+ ```console
+ # nix daemon --force-trusted
+ ```
+
+* Run the daemon and force all connections to be untrusted:
+
+ ```console
+ # nix daemon --force-untrusted
+ ```
+
+* Run the daemon, listen on standard I/O, and force all connections to use Nix's default trust:
+
+ ```console
+ # nix daemon --stdio --default-trust
+ ```
+
# Description
This command runs the Nix daemon, which is a required component in
multi-user Nix installations. It runs build tasks 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`.
+management framework such as `systemd` on Linux, or `launchctl` on Darwin.
Note that this daemon does not fork into the background.