From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Kost Subject: Re: lsh-server in %desktop-services ? Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 19:42:09 +0300 Message-ID: <87616qi6n2.fsf@gmail.com> References: <871thejmxg.fsf@netris.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55428) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z4Az9-0000rF-2J for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2015 12:42:15 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z4Az5-0003La-Tp for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2015 12:42:15 -0400 Received: from mail-la0-x230.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c03::230]:35052) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z4Az5-0003LW-KR for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2015 12:42:11 -0400 Received: by labko7 with SMTP id ko7so44791519lab.2 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2015 09:42:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <871thejmxg.fsf@netris.org> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Sun, 14 Jun 2015 12:04:59 -0400") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Mark H Weaver Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Mark H Weaver (2015-06-14 19:04 +0300) wrote: > I just noticed that I've been running an ssh server on my laptop for > quite a while unawares, because to my great surprise it is included in > %desktop-services. > > Do most people want their desktop machines open to remote logins? > I certainly don't, and I don't think it's a sensible default. > > What do other people think? At first, I personally don't use '%desktop-services' or '%base-services' because "I know better what I want". And as you noted on IRC there might happen such undesired effects if one uses =C2=ABconvenient pre-defined variables=C2=BB. However I think that a running ssh server is the expected default for '%desktop-services'. --=20 Alex