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In a single-user setup ('''not on Nixos''') the Nix store can be also exported over NFS (common in HPC clusters) to share package over the networks. The only requirement is to also pass <code>local_lock=flock</code> or <code>local_lock=all</code> as mount option to allow the nix packages to take locks on modifications. Example entry in <code>fstab</code>: | In a single-user setup ('''not on Nixos''') the Nix store can be also exported over NFS (common in HPC clusters) to share package over the networks. The only requirement is to also pass <code>local_lock=flock</code> or <code>local_lock=all</code> as mount option to allow the nix packages to take locks on modifications. Example entry in <code>fstab</code>: | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="console"><host_or_ip>/nix /nix nfs nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=4,local_lock=all 0 0</syntaxhighlight> | <syntaxhighlight lang="console"><host_or_ip>/nix /nix nfs nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=4,local_lock=all 0 0</syntaxhighlight>'''TODO:''' Why this? That seems extremely unsafe. This disables NFS locks (which apply to all NFS clients), and makes locks ''local'', meaning a lock taken by one NFS client isn't seen by another, and both can take their locks. So this removes protection against concurrent writes, which Nix assumes. | ||
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