AD (active directory) NIX_USER_PROFILE_DIR uses user name, but actual dir is user id number

[vertexcite]

On Ubuntu 18.04, with sssd setup and joined to an AD domain, after a multi-user nix install, the environment has: NIX_USER_PROFILE_DIR=/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/<user>@<domain> but actual dir that exists is /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/<user_id_number>

Workaround that seems to work so far:

sudo mv /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/<user_id_number> /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/<user>@<domain>

[zimbatm]

The nix profile depends on the USER environment variable. What output do you get for echo $USER and id?

[edolstra]

FYI, NIX_USER_PROFILE_DIR was recently removed (1c3ccba0f5e658fa5d593ddef8aaaf6728f945a5).

[vertexcite]

The nix profile depends on the USER environment variable. What output do you get for echo $USER and id?

echo $USER
<user>@<domain>

Which is consistent with the problem I've described. Perhaps the installer uses a different way to decide what to name the user directory.

FYI, NIX_USER_PROFILE_DIR was recently removed (1c3ccba).

$ nix-env --version
nix-env (Nix) 2.3.1

[stale[bot]]

I marked this as stale due to inactivity. → More info

[mtalexan]

While the environment variable is gone now, the source of the issue is not. See #4565 and #2757

[dylanmtaylor]

This still seems to be an issue.