1 files changed, 18 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/libstore/daemon.cc b/src/libstore/daemon.cc
index 0694f5b90..1745b1e57 100644
--- a/src/libstore/daemon.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/daemon.cc
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ struct ClientSettings
                     else if (!hasSuffix(s, "/") && trusted.count(s + "/"))
                         subs.push_back(s + "/");
                     else
-                        warn("ignoring untrusted substituter '%s'", s);
+                        warn("ignoring untrusted substituter '%s', you are not a trusted user.\n"
+                             "Run `man nix.conf` for more information on the `substituters` configuration option.", s);
                 res = subs;
                 return true;
             };
@@ -235,6 +236,10 @@ struct ClientSettings
                     // the daemon, as that could cause some pretty weird stuff
                     if (parseFeatures(tokenizeString<StringSet>(value)) != settings.experimentalFeatures.get())
                         debug("Ignoring the client-specified experimental features");
+                } else if (name == settings.pluginFiles.name) {
+                    if (tokenizeString<Paths>(value) != settings.pluginFiles.get())
+                        warn("Ignoring the client-specified plugin-files.\n"
+                             "The client specifying plugins to the daemon never made sense, and was removed in Nix >=2.14.");
                 }
                 else if (trusted
                     || name == settings.buildTimeout.name
@@ -528,7 +533,14 @@ static void performOp(TunnelLogger * logger, ref<Store> store,
             mode = (BuildMode) readInt(from);
 
             /* Repairing is not atomic, so disallowed for "untrusted"
-               clients.  */
+               clients.
+
+               FIXME: layer violation in this message: the daemon code (i.e.
+               this file) knows whether a client/connection is trusted, but it
+               does not how how the client was authenticated. The mechanism
+               need not be getting the UID of the other end of a Unix Domain
+               Socket.
+              */
             if (mode == bmRepair && !trusted)
                 throw Error("repairing is not allowed because you are not in 'trusted-users'");
         }
@@ -545,7 +557,9 @@ static void performOp(TunnelLogger * logger, ref<Store> store,
         mode = (BuildMode) readInt(from);
 
         /* Repairing is not atomic, so disallowed for "untrusted"
-           clients.  */
+           clients.
+
+           FIXME: layer violation; see above. */
         if (mode == bmRepair && !trusted)
             throw Error("repairing is not allowed because you are not in 'trusted-users'");
 
@@ -984,8 +998,7 @@ void processConnection(
     FdSource & from,
     FdSink & to,
     TrustedFlag trusted,
-    RecursiveFlag recursive,
-    std::function<void(Store &)> authHook)
+    RecursiveFlag recursive)
 {
     auto monitor = !recursive ? std::make_unique<MonitorFdHup>(from.fd) : nullptr;
 
@@ -1028,10 +1041,6 @@ void processConnection(
 
     try {
 
-        /* If we can't accept clientVersion, then throw an error
-           *here* (not above). */
-        authHook(*store);
-
         tunnelLogger->stopWork();
         to.flush();