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| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/man-nixos-rebuild.xml | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-rebuild.sh | 9 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/man-nixos-rebuild.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/man-nixos-rebuild.xml index c697b7ee0472..495dbc8859b1 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/man-nixos-rebuild.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/man-nixos-rebuild.xml @@ -494,6 +494,20 @@ </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term> + <option>--use-remote-sudo</option> + </term> + <listitem> + <para> + When set, nixos-rebuild prefixes remote commands that run on + the <option>--build-host</option> and <option>--target-host</option> + systems with <command>sudo</command>. Setting this option allows + deploying as a non-root user. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> </variablelist> <para> 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 |