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authorBjørn Forsman <bjorn.forsman@gmail.com>2019-10-23 20:22:39 +0200
committerBjørn Forsman <bjorn.forsman@gmail.com>2019-11-07 17:03:12 +0100
commit2c09cfc097daef5b85d21fe906441b5702bb2101 (patch)
tree2223d4f3e34601cbd6031460d24ba898676d8b56 /nixos/modules
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nixos-rebuild: add explicit option to enable (remote) sudo
Add --use-remote-sudo option. When set, remote commands will be prefixed
with 'sudo'. This allows using sudo remotely _without_ having to use
sudo locally (when using --build-host/--taget-host).
Diffstat (limited to 'nixos/modules')
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-rebuild.sh9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-rebuild.sh b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-rebuild.sh
index 891f374df536..c53dc1000c4a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-rebuild.sh
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-rebuild.sh
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
         targetHost="$1"
         shift 1
         ;;
+      --use-remote-sudo)
+        # note the trailing space
+        maybeSudo="sudo "
+        shift 1
+        ;;
       *)
         echo "$0: unknown option \`$i'"
         exit 1
@@ -97,10 +102,6 @@ while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
     esac
 done
 
-if [ -n "$SUDO_USER" ]; then
-    maybeSudo="sudo "
-fi
-
 if [ -z "$buildHost" -a -n "$targetHost" ]; then
     buildHost="$targetHost"
 fi