From d2263ce5f4c251c0f7608330e8fdb7d1f01f0667 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hoang <Enzime@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2025 15:51:29 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] nix-darwin: use `launchctl asuser` now that activation runs
 as root (#7051)

https://github.com/nix-darwin/nix-darwin/pull/1341#discussion_r1989887502
---
 nix-darwin/default.nix | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/nix-darwin/default.nix b/nix-darwin/default.nix
index 7b2b6e6e..bc0e9b60 100644
--- a/nix-darwin/default.nix
+++ b/nix-darwin/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ in
       system.activationScripts.postActivation.text = lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (
         lib.mapAttrsToList (username: usercfg: ''
           echo Activating home-manager configuration for ${usercfg.home.username}
-          sudo -u ${usercfg.home.username} --set-home ${pkgs.writeShellScript "activation-${usercfg.home.username}" ''
+          launchctl asuser "$(id -u ${usercfg.home.username})" sudo -u ${usercfg.home.username} --set-home ${pkgs.writeShellScript "activation-${usercfg.home.username}" ''
             ${lib.optionalString (
               cfg.backupFileExtension != null
             ) "export HOME_MANAGER_BACKUP_EXT=${lib.escapeShellArg cfg.backupFileExtension}"}