**The user permissions might left it unusable.** <!-- The nix.conf generated is set with permissions `644`. The default value is `755`. --> **To Reproduce** Steps to reproduce the behavior: 1. Erase the nix.conf file for the `~/.config/nix` folder in home. 2. Login with nix-auth. 3. Get authenticated. **Expected behavior** <!-- if you try of update the system or the flakes it fails with HTTP 403 error. --> **System information** <!-- I'm on Nixos 25.05 with a really simple flakes.nix configuration at the moment. --> **Additional context** <!-- THis happened a while ago. [Link](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-does-not-use-etc-nix-nix-conf-anymore/29505/8) -->