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authorEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2012-10-03T21·30-0400
committerEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2012-10-03T21·30-0400
commit522ecab9b83902de5a3010b50b9532e376cbba4c (patch)
tree87d471d089f60c9d6539742e695281b2aeaf102a /doc
parent7586095504f238a35937426aa870cb6d2a7b2862 (diff)
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.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/conf-file.xml6
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml
index f56cc27264c1..2dc260b35756 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>