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authorValentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>2023-03-05 02:36:26 +0100
committerValentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>2023-06-15 02:19:13 +0200
commite09b40e0d0b68ca7c3646ddffb50e1356daec997 (patch)
tree7a323a0172f9fb08053f630a914add56bb86acef /src/nix
parent946cd9e3f91c273e8124390c1dac9c0f0a538b8c (diff)
reword documentation on trusted users and substituters
this is to make it slightly easier to scan over
Diffstat (limited to 'src/nix')
-rw-r--r--src/nix/daemon.cc30
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/src/nix/daemon.cc b/src/nix/daemon.cc
index 9fe9b3b1e..09adab5d3 100644
--- a/src/nix/daemon.cc
+++ b/src/nix/daemon.cc
@@ -55,19 +55,16 @@ struct AuthorizationSettings : Config {
Setting<Strings> trustedUsers{
this, {"root"}, "trusted-users",
R"(
- A list of names of users (separated by whitespace) that have
- additional rights when connecting to the Nix daemon, such as the
- ability to specify additional binary caches, or to import unsigned
- NARs. You can also specify groups by prefixing them with `@`; for
- instance, `@wheel` means all users in the `wheel` group. The default
- is `root`.
+ A list of user names, separated by whitespace.
+ These users will have additional rights when connecting to the Nix daemon, such as the ability to specify additional [substituters](#conf-substituters), or to import unsigned [NAR](@docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-nar)s.
+
+ You can also specify groups by prefixing names with `@`.
+ For instance, `@wheel` means all users in the `wheel` group.
> **Warning**
>
- > Adding a user to `trusted-users` is essentially equivalent to
- > giving that user root access to the system. For example, the user
- > can set `sandbox-paths` and thereby obtain read access to
- > directories that are otherwise inacessible to them.
+ > Adding a user to `trusted-users` is essentially equivalent to giving that user root access to the system.
+ > For example, the user can set [`sandbox-paths`](#conf-sandbox-paths) and thereby obtain read access to directories that are otherwise inacessible to them.
)"};
/**
@@ -76,12 +73,15 @@ struct AuthorizationSettings : Config {
Setting<Strings> allowedUsers{
this, {"*"}, "allowed-users",
R"(
- A list of names of users (separated by whitespace) that are allowed
- to connect to the Nix daemon. As with the `trusted-users` option,
- you can specify groups by prefixing them with `@`. Also, you can
- allow all users by specifying `*`. The default is `*`.
+ A list user names, separated by whitespace.
+ These users are allowed to connect to the Nix daemon.
+
+ As with the [`trusted-users`](#conf-trusted-users) option, you can specify groups by prefixing names with `@`.
+ Also, you can allow all users by specifying `*`.
- Note that trusted users are always allowed to connect.
+ > **Note**
+ >
+ > Trusted users are always allowed to connect to the Nix daemon.
)"};
};