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# How to set up a configuration for multiple users/machines? {#_how_to_set_up_a_configuration_for_multiple_users_machines}
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A typical way to prepare a repository of configurations for multiple
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logins and machines is to prepare one \"top-level\" file for each unique
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combination.
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For example, if you have two machines, called \"kronos\" and \"rhea\" on
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which you want to configure your user \"jane\" then you could create the
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files
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- `kronos-jane.nix`,
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- `rhea-jane.nix`, and
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- `common.nix`
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in your repository. On the kronos and rhea machines you can then make
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`~jane/.config/home-manager/home.nix` be a symbolic link to the
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corresponding file in your configuration repository.
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The `kronos-jane.nix` and `rhea-jane.nix` files follow the format
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``` nix
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{ ... }:
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{
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imports = [ ./common.nix ];
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# Various options that are specific for this machine/user.
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}
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```
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while the `common.nix` file contains configuration shared across the two
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logins. Of course, instead of just a single `common.nix` file you can
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have multiple ones, even one per program or service.
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You can get some inspiration from the [Post your home-manager home.nix
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file!](https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/9bb9h9/post_your_homemanager_homenix_file/)
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Reddit thread.
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