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ERROR system_manager] We need root permissions. #98
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please clean up formatting of your messages it is too difficult to read as you have posted |
Yeah so system-manager needs root permissions, as the error says. This is normal, since it will be managing system-level config, which is all owned by root. Did you try running it with sudo for instance? |
Yeah I'd try with: It returns |
sounds like an Ubuntu issue: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/83191/how-to-make-sudo-preserve-path |
Im gonna be trying with this instead then: Thats what i got after running Lets see |
This seems to also have to do with your One way to get around this, would be to launch a root shell, and then get a nix shell with everything that nix and system-manager need:
But I also think that something is quite broken in your system's setup, I don't think that this is how |
A) Describe the bug
Im following the installaton guide, I have added it to my flake, and added the default.nix.
And then running it with the command shown:
nix run 'github:numtide/system-manager' -- switch --flake '.'
But I get
haerin@orangepizero3:~/.config/home-manager$ nix run 'github:numtide/system-manager' -- switch --flake '.' warning: input 'rust-overlay' has an override for a non-existent input 'flake-utils' [2024-06-26T18:43:36Z INFO system_manager::register] Trying flake URI: .#systemConfigs.orangepizero3... warning: Git tree '/home/haerin/.config/home-manager' is dirty [2024-06-26T18:43:37Z INFO system_manager::register] Attribute .#systemConfigs.orangepizero3 not found in flake. [2024-06-26T18:43:37Z INFO system_manager::register] Trying flake URI: .#systemConfigs.default... warning: Git tree '/home/haerin/.config/home-manager' is dirty [2024-06-26T18:43:37Z INFO system_manager::register] Success, using .#systemConfigs.default [2024-06-26T18:43:37Z INFO system_manager::register] Building new system-manager generation... [2024-06-26T18:43:37Z INFO system_manager::register] Running nix build... warning: Git tree '/home/haerin/.config/home-manager' is dirty [2024-06-26T18:43:37Z INFO system_manager::register] Built system-manager profile /nix/store/npin69q4riknxihbk060a9960p0py3jx-system-manager [2024-06-26T18:43:37Z ERROR system_manager] We need root permissions.
What stands to me its the last bit
ERROR system_manager] We need root permissions.
B) To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
`{
description = "Home Manager configuration of haerin";
inputs = {
# Specify the source of Home Manager and Nixpkgs.
nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
};
outputs = { nixpkgs, home-manager, nvchad-config, system-manager,... }:
let
system = "aarch64-linux";
pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
in {
}
`
`{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
{
config = {
system-manager.allowAnyDistro = true;
nixpkgs.hostPlatform = "aarch64-linux";
};
}
`
C) Expected behavior
To run with no errors, and let me use system-manager to manage services like docker.
D) System information
OS: Armbian (24.8.0-trunk.36) aarch64
####### Host: OrangePi Zero3
########### Kernel: 6.6.31-current-sunxi64
E) Additional context
I do have root access but trying
sudo nix run 'github:numtide/system-manager' -- switch --flake '.'
wont work
haerin@orangepizero3:~/.config/home-manager$ sudo nix run 'github:numtide/system-manager' -- switch --flake '.' sudo: nix: command not found
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