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Drop support for running nix-worker in "slave" mode

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AFAIK nobody uses this, setuid binaries are evil, and there is no good
reason why people can't just run the daemon.
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Eelco Dolstra 2012-10-03 17:30:45 -04:00
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@ -201,10 +201,8 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
under the uid of the Nix process (that is, the uid of the caller
if <envar>NIX_REMOTE</envar> is empty, the uid under which the Nix
daemon runs if <envar>NIX_REMOTE</envar> is
<literal>daemon</literal>, or the uid that owns the setuid
<command>nix-worker</command> program if <envar>NIX_REMOTE</envar>
is <literal>slave</literal>). Obviously, this should not be used
in multi-user settings with untrusted users.</para>
<literal>daemon</literal>). Obviously, this should not be used in
multi-user settings with untrusted users.</para>
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