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| author | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2017-02-16T11·45+0100 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2017-02-16T11·45+0100 |
| commit | d1139ff36b5df48ddf76600ad17e59a9d1dcd46a (patch) | |
| tree | e8a8bdb321c3ceb4731265518f584826a28183d8 /doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml | |
| parent | 9ff9c3f2f80ba4108e9c945bbfda2c64735f987b (diff) | |
| parent | e2257d4eeb3f75bac57d9cb77c9ce06b702de050 (diff) | |
Merge pull request #1215 from k0001/netrc-1
Add netrc-file support
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml index 6c0af39ecda9..a7d60538c215 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 |