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Can't run docker without sudo on NixOS

I followed this: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Docker, and in my configuration.nix i have

users.users.<myUsername> = { #my actual username
    isNormalUser = true;
    description = "<myUsername>";
    extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" "kvm" "libvirtd" "docker"];
    packages = with pkgs; [];
  };
virtualisation.docker.enable = true;

and in /etc/group

docker:x:131:<myUsername>

I logged in and out but I still need to type sudo every time? I'm very new to nix and new-ish to linux and I have no idea what could be wrong. Any help is appreciated!

Solution

  • Logging in and back out was not enough. Restarting worked.