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author | Bryan Honof <bryanhonof@gmail.com> | 2023-08-28 15:43:34 +0200 |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2023-08-28 13:43:34 +0000 |
commit | 736b9cede73692a1cf92a6c21c5259498a04c961 (patch) | |
tree | 71805ea35cb3be427aa194bb1d9b0a46491c1394 /src/nix/daemon.md | |
parent | 50f40ac4c03bcb742cda29de04c40e1a29367acc (diff) |
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
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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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1 files changed, 27 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/nix/daemon.md b/src/nix/daemon.md index d5cdadf08..b1ea850ed 100644 --- a/src/nix/daemon.md +++ b/src/nix/daemon.md @@ -1,20 +1,44 @@ R""( -# 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. |