Nix usage impossible after Error in nix.conf

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Unfortunately I have borked my system nix.conf by setting an environment variable on NIX_CONFIG to an invalid config.

Trying to use any nix command, I’m getting an error that I have an syntax error in nix.conf that I cannot change in my configuration.nix obviously. Any suggestions how I can override nix daemon to use /etc/nix/nix.conf instead from the store?

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Stip the service. Run the daemon manually with the same environment, but without the incorrect env. Run nix commands as needed.

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Yep, that did it to solve it. Somehow I messed up triggering home-manager to populate a second falsey personal nix.conf under ~/.config/nix…