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-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml15
-rw-r--r--src/libstore/download.cc5
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
index 6c0af39ec..a7d60538c 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
@@ -430,6 +430,21 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><literal>netrc-file</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>If set to an absolute path to a <filename>netrc</filename>
+ file, Nix will use the HTTP authentication credentials in this file when
+ trying to download from a remote host through HTTP or HTTPS. Defaults to
+ <filename>$NIX_CONF_DIR/netrc</filename>.</para>
+
+ <para>The <filename>netrc</filename> file consists of zero or more lines
+ like: <literal>machine <replaceable>my-machine</replaceable> login
+ <replaceable>my-username</replaceable> password
+ <replaceable>my-password</replaceable></literal>.</para></listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
<varlistentry><term><literal>system</literal></term>
<listitem><para>This option specifies the canonical Nix system
diff --git a/src/libstore/download.cc b/src/libstore/download.cc
index 074e0ca66..8f2387b63 100644
--- a/src/libstore/download.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/download.cc
@@ -230,6 +230,11 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
}
+ Path netrcFile = settings.get("netrc-file",
+ (format("%1%/%2%") % settings.nixConfDir % "netrc").str());
+ curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE, netrcFile.c_str());
+ curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_NETRC, CURL_NETRC_OPTIONAL);
+
result.data = std::make_shared<std::string>();
}