Multi-user installer: systemctl enable for nix-daemon.socket returns "Access denied"

[nainteeth]

Platform

• Linux: openSUSE Tumbleweed
• macOS
• WSL

Additional information

Output

Output

~~> Setting up the nix-daemon systemd service

---- sudo execution ------------------------------------------------------------
I am executing:

    $ sudo mkdir -p /etc/tmpfiles.d

to create parent of the nix-daemon tmpfiles config


---- sudo execution ------------------------------------------------------------
I am executing:

    $ sudo ln -sfn /nix/var/nix/profiles/default/lib/tmpfiles.d/nix-daemon.conf /etc/tmpfiles.d/nix-daemon.conf

to create the nix-daemon tmpfiles config


---- sudo execution ------------------------------------------------------------
I am executing:

    $ sudo systemd-tmpfiles --create --prefix=/nix/var/nix

to run systemd-tmpfiles once to pick that path up


---- sudo execution ------------------------------------------------------------
I am executing:

    $ sudo systemctl link /nix/var/nix/profiles/default/lib/systemd/system/nix-daemon.service

to set up the nix-daemon service

Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.service' → '/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/lib/systemd/system/nix-daemon.service'.

---- sudo execution ------------------------------------------------------------
I am executing:

    $ sudo systemctl enable /nix/var/nix/profiles/default/lib/systemd/system/nix-daemon.socket

to set up the nix-daemon socket service

Failed to enable unit: Access denied

---- oh no! --------------------------------------------------------------------

Checklist

• checked latest Nix manual (source)
• checked open installer issues and pull requests for possible duplicates

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[abathur]

I think this error is cause by selinux, and afaik selinux still isn't supported. I think single user installs still work, or you can see recommendations in other threads reporting this such as:

• Fedora 36: Cannot link nix-deamon.service #6555 (comment)