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dkim=pass header.d=elephly.net header.s=zoho header.b=DMC6uhdS; arc=pass ("zohomail.com:s=zohoarc:i=1"); dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 5BB35348F6 X-Spam-Score: -4.83 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn1.migadu.com X-TUID: KM1wnrcrBXq8 adriano writes: > The "Application Setup" in the manual > (=C2=A0https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Application-Setup.html ) > suggests to run the nscd service > > "we strongly recommend that the system run the GNU C library=E2=80=99s na= me > service cache daemon, nscd, which should be listening on the > /var/run/nscd/socket socket." > > found such service already running on my Ubuntu installation and the > mentioned socket is there > > But now I'm wondering: does the manual refer to the host distro when it > says "the system" ? Yes. The reason is that nscd communicates with processes over a network protocol, which allows binaries built with Guix to talk to user account services on a foreign distro. Alternative account services require loading of binary plugins, which would not be possible when these plugins are linked with incompatible libraries. --=20 Ricardo