document ability to set NIX_REMOTE=unix://path/to/socket

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Spencer Baugh 2018-01-31 22:47:16 +00:00
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@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ $ mount -o bind /mnt/otherdisk/nix /nix</screen>
<literal>daemon</literal> if you want to use the Nix daemon to
execute Nix operations. This is necessary in <link
linkend="ssec-multi-user">multi-user Nix installations</link>.
If the Nix daemon's Unix socket is at some non-standard path,
this variable should be set to <literal>unix://path/to/socket</literal>.
Otherwise, it should be left unset.</para></listitem>
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@ -705,6 +705,9 @@ void removeTempRoots();
* daemon: The Nix store accessed via a Unix domain socket
connection to nix-daemon.
* unix://<path>: The Nix store accessed via a Unix domain socket
connection to nix-daemon, with the socket located at <path>.
* auto or : Equivalent to local or daemon depending on
whether the user has write access to the local Nix
store/database.