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diff --git a/doc/manual/installation/single-user.xml b/doc/manual/installation/single-user.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..09cdaa5d4898 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/installation/single-user.xml @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" + xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" + xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" + version="5.0" + xml:id="sec-single-user"> + +<title>Single-User Mode</title> + +<para>In single-user mode, all Nix operations that access the database +in <filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/var/nix/db</filename> +or modify the Nix store in +<filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/store</filename> must be +performed under the user ID that owns those directories. This is +typically <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>. (If you +install from RPM packages, that’s in fact the default ownership.) +However, on single-user machines, it is often convenient to +<command>chown</command> those directories to your normal user account +so that you don’t have to <command>su</command> to <systemitem +class="username">root</systemitem> all the time.</para> + +</section> \ No newline at end of file |