From 522ecab9b83902de5a3010b50b9532e376cbba4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 17:30:45 -0400
Subject: Drop support for running nix-worker in "slave" mode

AFAIK nobody uses this, setuid binaries are evil, and there is no good
reason why people can't just run the daemon.
---
 doc/manual/conf-file.xml | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc')

diff --git a/doc/manual/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml
index f56cc2726..2dc260b35 100644
--- a/doc/manual/conf-file.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml
@@ -201,10 +201,8 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
     under the uid of the Nix process (that is, the uid of the caller
     if <envar>NIX_REMOTE</envar> is empty, the uid under which the Nix
     daemon runs if <envar>NIX_REMOTE</envar> is
-    <literal>daemon</literal>, or the uid that owns the setuid
-    <command>nix-worker</command> program if <envar>NIX_REMOTE</envar>
-    is <literal>slave</literal>).  Obviously, this should not be used
-    in multi-user settings with untrusted users.</para>
+    <literal>daemon</literal>).  Obviously, this should not be used in
+    multi-user settings with untrusted users.</para>
 
     </listitem>
 
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