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author | Florian Klink <flokli@flokli.de> | 2019-08-18 00:57:19 +0200 |
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committer | Florian Klink <flokli@flokli.de> | 2019-08-19 16:34:06 +0200 |
commit | 1515afe8796c28d9c5ec6bbd359edd60fc5e382e (patch) | |
tree | 049a73b3896eac64d3a331127bb406429bb99547 /nixos | |
parent | 0aa5e3165ca074ce55318cfddcf28e96b84828e3 (diff) | |
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nixos/doc: update installation-device.nix
This got quite outdated. We now have both the nixos and root user available for example.
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-rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles/installation-device.xml | 38 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles/installation-device.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles/installation-device.xml index 3dcdf403d89d..192ae955b689 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles/installation-device.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles/installation-device.xml @@ -6,33 +6,31 @@ <title>Installation Device</title> <para> - Provides a basic configuration for installation devices like CDs. This means - enabling hardware scans, using the <link linkend="sec-profile-clone-config"> - Clone Config profile</link> to guarantee - <filename>/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</filename> exists (for - <command>nixos-rebuild</command> to work), a copy of the Nixpkgs channel - snapshot used to create the install media. + Provides a basic configuration for installation devices like CDs. + This enables redistributable firmware, includes the + <link linkend="sec-profile-clone-config">Clone Config profile</link> + and a copy of the Nixpkgs channel, so <command>nixos-install</command> + works out of the box. </para> - <para> - Additionally, documentation for <link linkend="opt-documentation.enable"> - Nixpkgs</link> and <link linkend="opt-documentation.nixos.enable">NixOS - </link> are forcefully enabled (to override the + Documentation for <link linkend="opt-documentation.enable">Nixpkgs</link> + and <link linkend="opt-documentation.nixos.enable">NixOS</link> are + forcefully enabled (to override the <link linkend="sec-profile-minimal">Minimal profile</link> preference); the - NixOS manual is shown automatically on TTY 8, sudo and udisks are disabled. - Autologin is enabled as root. + NixOS manual is shown automatically on TTY 8, udisks is disabled. + Autologin is enabled as <literal>nixos</literal> user, while passwordless + login as both <literal>root</literal> and <literal>nixos</literal> is possible. + Passwordless <command>sudo</command> is enabled too. + <link linkend="opt-networking.wireless.enable">wpa_supplicant</link> is + enabled, but configured to not autostart. </para> - <para> - A message is shown to the user to start a display manager if needed, ssh with - <xref linkend="opt-services.openssh.permitRootLogin"/> are enabled (but - doesn't autostart). WPA Supplicant is also enabled without autostart. + It is explained how to login, start the ssh server, and if available, + how to start the display manager. </para> <para> - Finally, vim is installed, root is set to not have a password, the kernel is - made more silent for remote public IP installs, and several settings are - tweaked so that the installer has a better chance of succeeding under - low-memory environments. + Several settings are tweaked so that the installer has a better chance of + succeeding under low-memory environments. </para> </section> |