From 7bb1e913b33499d3ce74929749977774bcc35aed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Graham Christensen Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2022 15:46:17 -0400 Subject: Don't prompt about using sudo if we're already root --- doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/manual') diff --git a/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md b/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md index 18fc8fff5..a46735196 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md @@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ $ sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --no-daemon ``` This will perform a single-user installation of Nix, meaning that `/nix` -is owned by the invoking user. You should run this under your usual user -account, *not* as root. The script will invoke `sudo` to create `/nix` +is owned by the invoking user. You can run this under your usual user +account or root. The script will invoke `sudo` to create `/nix` if it doesn’t already exist. If you don’t have `sudo`, you should manually create `/nix` first as root, e.g.: @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ $ sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon The multi-user installation of Nix will create build users between the user IDs 30001 and 30032, and a group with the group ID 30000. You -should run this under your usual user account, *not* as root. The script +can run this under your usual user account or root. The script will invoke `sudo` as needed. > **Note** -- cgit v1.2.3