document ability to set NIX_REMOTE=unix://path/to/socket

2018-01-31 22:47:16 +00:00
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@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ $ mount -o bind /mnt/otherdisk/nix /nix</screen>
  <literal>daemon</literal> if you want to use the Nix daemon to
  execute Nix operations. This is necessary in <link
  linkend="ssec-multi-user">multi-user Nix installations</link>.
+  If the Nix daemon's Unix socket is at some non-standard path,
+  this variable should be set to <literal>unix://path/to/socket</literal>.
  Otherwise, it should be left unset.</para></listitem>

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