From 6d537c35c4bebc57740e2ab9b92acac99abdad6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy DeHerrera <tim.deh@pm.me>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 13:02:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] shell.nix: run nix build as root

Variables mist be preserved so use `sudo -E`. Fixes #4.
---
 README.md | 1 +
 shell.nix | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c2d130e1..ec47e1eb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ git add ./hosts/${new_host}.nix
 
 # You can specify any of the host configurations living in the ./hosts
 # directory. If omitted, it will default to your systems current hostname.
+# This will be run as root.
 rebuild $new_host switch
 
 ```
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 95264c12..a8af3c79 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ let
     elif [[ $1 == "iso" ]]; then
       nix build ${configs}.niximg.${build}.isoImage
     elif [[ -z $2 ]]; then
-      nix run -vv ${configs}.${hostname}.${build}.toplevel -c switch-to-configuration $1
+      sudo -E nix run -vv ${configs}.${hostname}.${build}.toplevel -c switch-to-configuration $1
     else
-      nix run -vv ${configs}.$1.${build}.toplevel -c switch-to-configuration $2
+      sudo -E nix run -vv ${configs}.$1.${build}.toplevel -c switch-to-configuration $2
     fi
   '';
 in pkgs.mkShell {