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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 7d18c00cb2..e4662cbfe1 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -330,6 +330,10 @@ Run the daemon: # ~root/.guix-profile/bin/guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild @end example +On hosts using the systemd init system, drop +@file{~root/.guix-profile/lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service} in +@file{/etc/systemd/system}. + @item Make the @command{guix} command available to other users on the machine, for instance with: @@ -512,8 +516,12 @@ Bash syntax and the @code{shadow} commands): @noindent The number of build users determines how many build jobs may run in parallel, as specified by the @option{--max-jobs} option -(@pxref{Invoking guix-daemon, @option{--max-jobs}}). -The @code{guix-daemon} program may then be run as @code{root} with: +(@pxref{Invoking guix-daemon, @option{--max-jobs}}). The +@code{guix-daemon} program may then be run as @code{root} with the +following command@footnote{If your machine uses the systemd init system, +dropping the @file{@var{prefix}/lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service} +file in @file{/etc/systemd/system} will ensure that +@command{guix-daemon} is automatically started.}: @example # guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild |