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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/user-mgmt.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/user-mgmt.xml index 40362fbbb23f..631742059278 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/user-mgmt.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/user-mgmt.xml @@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ account named <literal>alice</literal>: <screen> $ useradd -m alice</screen> +To make all nix tools available to this new user use `su - USER` which +opens a login shell (==shell that loads the profile) for given user. +This will create the ~/.nix-defexpr symlink. So run: + +<screen> +$ su - alice -c "true"</screen> + + The flag <option>-m</option> causes the creation of a home directory for the new user, which is generally what you want. The user does not have an initial password and therefore cannot log in. A password can |