nixos-container:tldr:babde

nixos-container: Enter an interactive shell session on an already-running container.

nixos-container

$ sudo nixos-container root-login ${container_name}

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The sudo nixos-container root-login ${container_name} command is used to log in as the root user into a NixOS container.

Here is a breakdown of the command:

sudo: It is a command that allows executing commands with administrative privileges. When you prefix a command with sudo, it runs the command as the root user or any other specified user with administrative privileges.
nixos-container: It is a command-line tool used in NixOS to manage Linux containers. It provides various commands to create, manage, and interact with containers.
root-login: It is a subcommand of nixos-container used to log in as the root user into a container.
${container_name}: It is a placeholder representing the name of the container into which you want to log in as root. You need to replace ${container_name} with the actual name of the container you want to access.

When you run this command with the proper container name, it will prompt you for the root password (if set). After entering the correct password, you will be logged in as the root user within the specified NixOS container.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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