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authorBjørn Forsman <bjorn.forsman@gmail.com>2019-10-23 20:22:39 +0200
committerBjørn Forsman <bjorn.forsman@gmail.com>2019-11-07 17:03:12 +0100
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nixos-rebuild: add explicit option to enable (remote) sudo
Add --use-remote-sudo option. When set, remote commands will be prefixed
with 'sudo'. This allows using sudo remotely _without_ having to use
sudo locally (when using --build-host/--taget-host).
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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/man-nixos-rebuild.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/man-nixos-rebuild.xml
index c697b7ee047..495dbc8859b 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>