AFAIK root access is only needed once for setting up the /nix directory during installation. It is however possible to install nix stuff on systems where you h

AFAIK root access is only needed once for setting up the /nix directory during installation. It is however possible to install nix stuff on systems where you have no root access: https://matthewbauer.us/blog/static-nix.html https://matthewbauer.us/blog/static-nix.html (Requirement: namespaces for users)