From 1e0eb9e8dfce6425d59e800d83b98ced69ae4a40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?No=C3=A9=20Lopez?= <noelopez@free.fr>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 23:11:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Warn about specific nologin paths when it is not in
 PATH.

See <https://codeberg.org/guix/guix/issues/4704#issuecomment-8751141>.

* doc/guix.texi (Build Environment Setup): Add warning in case the nologin
binary is not found.

Reported-by: FuncProgLinux
Change-Id: Ib8aa2bdaf0aef6a589afe638e2fcd539c8276ac7
Signed-off-by: Rutherther <rutherther@ditigal.xyz>
---
 doc/guix.texi | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 01e658b05f0..1681abb1272 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -1028,6 +1028,12 @@ When using this option, you only need to create one user account, and
           --system guix-daemon
 @end example
 
+@quotation Warning
+If the @command{nologin} binary is not found by @command{which nologin},
+you may need to specify its path manually.  This will usually be
+@file{/sbin/nologin} or @file{/usr/sbin/nologin}.
+@end quotation
+
 In this configuration, @file{/gnu/store} is owned by the
 @code{guix-daemon} user.