Unable to install nix-darwin on aarch64-darwin, following the flake instructions

[bryanhonof]

After running ./result/sw/bin/darwin-rebuild switch --flake . I get the following output.

bryanhonof@Bryans-MBP meta % ./result/sw/bin/darwin-rebuild switch --flake .
warning: unknown setting 'bash-prompt-prefix'
warning: Git tree '/Users/bryanhonof/Desktop/meta' is dirty
building the system configuration...
warning: unknown setting 'bash-prompt-prefix'
warning: Git tree '/Users/bryanhonof/Desktop/meta' is dirty
warning: unknown setting 'bash-prompt-prefix'
user defaults...
setting up user launchd services...
shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
setting up /Applications/Nix Apps...
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
setting up pam...
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
applying patches...
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
setting up /etc...
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
error: not linking environment.etc."bashrc" because /etc/bashrc already exists, skipping...
existing file has unknown content 6757a6969501994e2bf161ffa39a934f27f85664c901cdc0c4fcd8b2be7dba23, move and activate again to apply
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
error: not linking environment.etc."nix/nix.conf" because /etc/nix/nix.conf already exists, skipping...
existing file has unknown content f83c4a7e56c00dc9be977b00ee051432b37d179b2247bb742ee3423159d99353, move and activate again to apply
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
system defaults...
setting up launchd services...
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
reloading service org.nixos.nix-daemon
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
reloading nix-daemon...
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
waiting for nix-daemon
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
waiting for nix-daemon
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
configuring networking...
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted

For some reason, this also completely messes with the permissions of /home, I'll get permission denied on simple operations like ls ~, whilst the permission still seems to be correct. This is fixed by simply logging out and back in, though.

Expected outcome

• nix-darwin is installed correctly on my aarch64-darwin machine #728

Additional information

At first, I thought it might have to do with my choice of installation method for Nix. First trying out Flox's installer, and then Determinate's one. However, both showed the same behavior. I'll post my Nix files below, but I don't think I can get much simpler than this.

# flake.nix
{
  description = "John's darwin system";

  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-22.05-darwin";
    darwin.url = "github:lnl7/nix-darwin/master";
    darwin.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
  };

  outputs = { self, darwin, nixpkgs }: {
    darwinConfigurations."Bryans-MBP" = darwin.lib.darwinSystem {
      system = "aarch64-darwin";
      modules = [ ./configuration.nix ];
    };
  };
}

# configuration.nix
{
  services.nix-daemon.enable = true;
}

[bryanhonof]

Running with sudo !! I get the following.

bryanhonof@Bryans-MBP meta % sudo ./result/sw/bin/darwin-rebuild switch --flake .
warning: unknown setting 'bash-prompt-prefix'
warning: Git tree '/Users/bryanhonof/Desktop/meta' is dirty
building the system configuration...
warning: unknown setting 'bash-prompt-prefix'
warning: Git tree '/Users/bryanhonof/Desktop/meta' is dirty
warning: unknown setting 'bash-prompt-prefix'
user defaults...
setting up user launchd services...
setting up /Applications/Nix Apps...
setting up pam...
applying patches...
setting up /etc...
error: not linking environment.etc."bashrc" because /etc/bashrc already exists, skipping...
existing file has unknown content 6757a6969501994e2bf161ffa39a934f27f85664c901cdc0c4fcd8b2be7dba23, move and activate again to apply
error: not linking environment.etc."nix/nix.conf" because /etc/nix/nix.conf already exists, skipping...
existing file has unknown content f83c4a7e56c00dc9be977b00ee051432b37d179b2247bb742ee3423159d99353, move and activate again to apply
system defaults...
setting up launchd services...
reloading nix-daemon...
waiting for nix-daemon
configuring networking...

[bryanhonof]

Ok, I just had to run as sudo… my apologies for the spam. 🙃

[Enzime]

@bryanhonof Before you ran darwin-rebuild switch, did you run the installer?

nix-build https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz -A installer
./result/bin/darwin-installer

From https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/blob/f9724c4543035d6190c00168ebfa93f0b2e927d0/README.md#install