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<para>By default Nix reads settings from the following places:</para>
<para>The system-wide configuration file
<filename><replaceable>sysconfdir</replaceable>/nix/nix.conf</filename>
(i.e. <filename>/etc/nix/nix.conf</filename> on most systems), or
<filename>$NIX_CONF_DIR/nix.conf</filename> if
<literal>NIX_CONF_DIR</literal> is set. Values loaded in this file are not forwarded to the Nix daemon. The
client assumes that the daemon has already loaded them.
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<para>User-specific configuration files:</para>
<listitem>
<para>
The system-wide configuration file
<filename><replaceable>sysconfdir</replaceable>/nix/nix.conf</filename>
(i.e. <filename>/etc/nix/nix.conf</filename> on most systems),
or <filename>$NIX_CONF_DIR/nix.conf</filename> if
<literal>NIX_CONF_DIR</literal> is set. Values loaded in this
file are not forwarded to the Nix daemon. The client assumes
that the daemon has already loaded them.
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
If <literal>NIX_USER_CONF_FILES</literal> is set, then each path separated by
<literal>:</literal> will be loaded in reverse order.
</para>
<listitem>
<para>
If <literal>NIX_USER_CONF_FILES</literal> is set, then each path separated by
<literal>:</literal> will be loaded in reverse order.
</para>
<para>
Otherwise it will look for <filename>nix/nix.conf</filename> files in
<literal>XDG_CONFIG_DIRS</literal> and <literal>XDG_CONFIG_HOME</literal>.
<para>
Otherwise it will look for <filename>nix/nix.conf</filename>
files in <literal>XDG_CONFIG_DIRS</literal> and
<literal>XDG_CONFIG_HOME</literal>. If these are unset, it will
look in <filename>$HOME/.config/nix.conf</filename>.
</para>
</listitem>
The default location is <filename>$HOME/.config/nix.conf</filename> if
those environment variables are unset.
</para>
</itemizedlist>
<para>The configuration files consist of
<literal><replaceable>name</replaceable> =