-Guix does remote procedure calls (RPCs) to the Guix or Nix daemon (the
-=guix-daemon= or =nix-daemon= command), which in turn performs builds
-and accesses to the Nix store on its behalf. The RPCs are implemented
-in the (guix store) module.
-
-* Installing Guix as non-root
-
-The Guix daemon allows software builds to be performed under alternate
-user accounts, which are normally created specifically for this
-purpose. For instance, you may have a pool of accounts in the
-=guixbuild= group, and then you can instruct =guix-daemon= to use them
-like this:
-
- $ guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild
-
-However, unless it is run as root, =guix-daemon= cannot switch users.
-In that case, it falls back to using a setuid-root helper program call
-=nix-setuid-helper=. That program is not setuid-root by default when
-you install it; instead you should run a command along these lines
-(assuming Guix is installed under /usr/local):
-
- # chown root.root /usr/local/libexec/nix-setuid-helper
- # chmod 4755 /usr/local/libexec/nix-setuid-helper
+Guix does remote procedure calls (RPCs) to the build daemon (the =guix-daemon=
+command), which in turn performs builds and accesses to the store on its
+behalf. The RPCs are implemented in the (guix store) module.