From 1e2644bb25c3b4528289423f593d8baea6578e53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 17:41:55 +0200 Subject: doc: Clarify that --disable-chroot is needed for non-root users. * doc/guix.texi (Build Environment Setup, Invoking guix-daemon): Mention --disable-chroot as needed for non-root users. --- doc/guix.texi | 17 ++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index a97436cc0c..1956dbc422 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -517,12 +517,13 @@ user @file{nobody}; a writable @file{/tmp} directory. @end itemize -If you are installing Guix as an unprivileged user, it is still -possible to run @command{guix-daemon}. However, build processes will -not be isolated from one another, and not from the rest of the system. -Thus, build processes may interfere with each other, and may access -programs, libraries, and other files available on the system---making it -much harder to view them as @emph{pure} functions. +If you are installing Guix as an unprivileged user, it is still possible +to run @command{guix-daemon} provided you pass @code{--disable-chroot}. +However, build processes will not be isolated from one another, and not +from the rest of the system. Thus, build processes may interfere with +each other, and may access programs, libraries, and other files +available on the system---making it much harder to view them as +@emph{pure} functions. @node Daemon Offload Setup @@ -764,7 +765,9 @@ needs. Disable chroot builds. Using this option is not recommended since, again, it would allow build -processes to gain access to undeclared dependencies. +processes to gain access to undeclared dependencies. It is necessary, +though, when @command{guix-daemon} is running under an unprivileged user +account. @item --disable-log-compression Disable compression of the build logs. -- cgit v1.2.3