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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 59da6528cc..65af136e61 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -5983,12 +5983,18 @@ such as @file{/usr/bin} on foreign distros. This @option{--container} option can also prove useful if you wish to run a security-sensitive application, such as a web browser, in an isolated environment. For example, the command below launches -Ungoogled-Chromium in an isolated environment, this time sharing network -access with the host and preserving its @code{DISPLAY} environment -variable, but without even sharing the current directory: +Ungoogled-Chromium in an isolated environment, which: +@itemize +@item shares network access with the host +@item inherits host's environment variables @code{DISPLAY} and @code{XAUTHORITY} +@item has access to host's authentication records from the @code{XAUTHORITY} +file +@item has no information about host's current directory +@end itemize @example guix shell --container --network --no-cwd ungoogled-chromium \ + --preserve='^XAUTHORITY$' --expose="$@{XAUTHORITY@}" \ --preserve='^DISPLAY$' -- chromium @end example |