From b2f7db8c4012963b7a2cbfbd856827cb0efd8cfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: adisbladis Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:58:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] nixos.pulseaudio: Remove bad recommendation to use pulseaudio in system-wide mode Upstream Pulseaudio has always stated that system-wide is not recommended and comes with a number of usability and security drawbacks. (cherry picked from commit 3af4f88acdb682a3e4228ba28a39ee77617d52ca) --- nixos/modules/config/pulseaudio.nix | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/pulseaudio.nix b/nixos/modules/config/pulseaudio.nix index 5c3e39302583..544345561603 100644 --- a/nixos/modules/config/pulseaudio.nix +++ b/nixos/modules/config/pulseaudio.nix @@ -99,11 +99,12 @@ in { description = '' If false, a PulseAudio server is launched automatically for each user that tries to use the sound system. The server runs - with user privileges. This is the recommended and most secure - way to use PulseAudio. If true, one system-wide PulseAudio + with user privileges. If true, one system-wide PulseAudio server is launched on boot, running as the user "pulse", and only users in the "audio" group will have access to the server. Please read the PulseAudio documentation for more details. + + Don't enable this option unless you know what you are doing. ''; };