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| author | Dzmitry Malyshau <kvark@fastmail.com> | 2021-10-13 15:41:50 -0400 |
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| committer | Dzmitry Malyshau <kvark@fastmail.com> | 2021-10-18 09:25:48 -0400 |
| commit | e7898e1226ecf1107f7268674bc3f68af0f3f689 (patch) | |
| tree | 4a69ffcc343ea4d418443882e53ae5971db99c10 | |
| parent | af764f652799e2f01383fe1a33935817e38eaa4e (diff) | |
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Add command to switch to root
Installation guide assumed you are root but didn't explain how to get there. And it's not obvious.
| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/installing.chapter.xml | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md | 5 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/installing.chapter.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/installing.chapter.xml index 91ab7168297..db073fa8396 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/installing.chapter.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/installing.chapter.xml @@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ <para> You are logged-in automatically as <literal>nixos</literal>. The <literal>nixos</literal> user account has an empty password so you - can use <literal>sudo</literal> without a password. + can use <literal>sudo</literal> without a password: </para> + <programlisting> +$ sudo -i +</programlisting> <para> If you downloaded the graphical ISO image, you can run <literal>systemctl start display-manager</literal> to start the diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md index a0823b51e9c..def4f37fbca 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md @@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ finished booting, it should have detected most of your hardware. The NixOS manual is available by running `nixos-help`. You are logged-in automatically as `nixos`. The `nixos` user account has -an empty password so you can use `sudo` without a password. +an empty password so you can use `sudo` without a password: +```ShellSession +$ sudo -i +``` If you downloaded the graphical ISO image, you can run `systemctl start display-manager` to start the desktop environment. If you want |