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nixos/doc: document password-promptless installation #35210

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@jcrben jcrben commented Feb 20, 2018

Motivation for this change

I would have liked to have read this line in the manual instead of digging up an issue.

Potentially closes the issue "nix-install cannot run unattended because interactive passwd" - see that discussion for more details.

Not too sure about formatting line breaks in the manual - I can fix that up if it's important.

@GrahamcOfBorg GrahamcOfBorg added 6.topic: nixos Issues or PRs affecting NixOS modules, or package usability issues specific to NixOS 8.has: documentation 10.rebuild-darwin: 0 This PR does not cause any packages to rebuild 10.rebuild-linux: 0 This PR does not cause any packages to rebuild labels Feb 20, 2018
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ Retype new UNIX password: ***

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<listitem><para>If everything went well:
<listitem><para>To prevent the password prompt, set `users.mutableUsers = false;` in `configuration.nix`,
which allows unattended installation necessary in automation. If everything went well:
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Maybe:

<listitem>
  <note>
    <para>
      To prevent the password prompt, set <code>users.mutableUsers = false;</code> in
      <filename>configuration.nix</filename>, which allows unattended installation
      necessary in automation.
    </para>
  </note>
  <para>If everything went well:

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jcrben commented Feb 20, 2018

Thanks - those darn markdown muscle habits! 😊

I'll peruse https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/index.html#sec-writing-documentation a bit before making more docs PRs...

@Mic92 Mic92 changed the title Tip on unattended install nixos/doc: document password-promptless installation Feb 20, 2018
@Mic92 Mic92 merged commit 385369e into NixOS:master Feb 20, 2018
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