nix-user-chroot/README.md

Run nix as user in a lightweight chrooted container.

```
$ mkdir $ROOT
$ nix-user-chroot $ROOT bash
$ download and extract latest nix binary tarball
$ mkdir -m 0755 /nix && chown $(whoami) /nix
$ mkdir -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/luca
$ nix-*-linux/install
```

You are in a user chroot where `/` is owned by your user, hence also `/nix` is owned by your user. Everything else is bind mounted from the real root.

Notes:

- The nix config is not in `/etc/nix` but in `/nix/etc/nix`, so that you can modify it. This is done with the `NIX_CONF_DIR`, which you can override at any time.
Initial commit 2015-06-24 19:07:09 +03:00			`Run nix as user in a lightweight chrooted container.`

Better installation instructions 2015-06-24 19:41:43 +03:00			```
			`$ mkdir $ROOT`
			`$ nix-user-chroot $ROOT bash`
			`$ download and extract latest nix binary tarball`
			`$ mkdir -m 0755 /nix && chown $(whoami) /nix`
			`$ mkdir -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/luca`
			`$ nix-*-linux/install`
			```
Initial commit 2015-06-24 19:07:09 +03:00
Better installation instructions 2015-06-24 19:41:43 +03:00			You are in a user chroot where `/` is owned by your user, hence also `/nix` is owned by your user. Everything else is bind mounted from the real root.
Set NIX_CONF_DIR to /nix/etc/nix 2015-06-24 19:43:25 +03:00
			`Notes:`

			- The nix config is not in `/etc/nix` but in `/nix/etc/nix`, so that you can modify it. This is done with the `NIX_CONF_DIR`, which you can override at any time.