code /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
use root user try save
tips:
not save “configuration.nix”: Unable to find pkexec or kdesudo.
how to deal with? need to config with some things?
code /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
use root user try save
tips:
not save “configuration.nix”: Unable to find pkexec or kdesudo.
how to deal with? need to config with some things?
Use sudoedit
or sudo -e
to edit the /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
or edit in a user owned location and build from there using an appropriate nix path entry for nixos-config
.
use sudo -e
or sudo vim
can edit, but use code
for edit cant write the file.
You can use vscode with sudo -e
by setting EDITOR="code --wait"
.
Remember to close it that changes are actually applied to the file.
thk you, its working.
this should work:
vscode
new window
open folder: /etc/nixos
open file: configuration.nix
modify
save → failed to save → retry as sudo
on kde plasma, “policykit1 kde agent” will ask password
limitations:
need password on every “save file”
cannot create new files
git integration is not working
more comfortable is this solution:
for example
mkdir ~/etc
sudo mv /etc/nixos ~/etc/
sudo chown -R $(id -un):users ~/etc/nixos
sudo ln -s ~/etc/nixos /etc/
#code ~/etc/nixos/
codium ~/etc/nixos/
see also
Nixos-rebuild: Specifying a different configuration location
Github strategies for configuration.nix?
Note that the issue was:
This means that vscode was running under a system with no DE capable of asking for the password to save the file.
Overall, just editing config in a user-owned directory is probably best. Note you can do this without symlinks by telling nixos-rebuild
where your config is:
nixos-rebuild switch -I nixos-config=$HOME/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
See also the wiki entry on the topic: Nixos-rebuild - NixOS Wiki