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From: Bone Baboon <bone.baboon@disroot.org>
To: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: `guix pull` of an ssh channel fails
Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 12:32:38 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <877dk5fcyh.fsf@disroot.org> (raw)

I have a substitute server that needs to build a couple of packages with
patches:

* inetutlis version 2.0 from the core-updates branch instead of 1.9.4
  from the master branch
** https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/48214#10

* glib with longer test timeout
** https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/48024#12

* offlineimap without tests
** https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/48213#2

I am trying to setup a channel for this substitute server's patched Guix
repository. `guix pull` is failing.

On a client of the substitute server I have reconfigured with this in
it's system configuration:

```
    (service guix-service-type
	     (guix-configuration
	      (authorized-keys
	       (list
		(local-file
		 "/path/to/signing-key.pub")))))
```
Where signing-key.pub is the substitute server's public signing key.

I have added the ssh public key of the substitute server to the client
with `ssh-copy-id`.  The substitute server's ssh public key is in
~/.ssh/authorize_keys.  I have also done the reverse with the client's
ssh public key and it is on the substitute server's
~/.ssh/authorize_keys.

This is the contents of ~/.config/guix/channels.scm:

```
(list
 (channel
  (name 'guix)
  (url "ssh://<user>@<ip-address>:22/path/to/patched-guix-repo/")
  (branch "master")))
```

When I run `guix pull` I get this error.

```
Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at 'ssh://<user>@<ip-address>:22/path/to/patched-guix-repo/'...
guix pull: error: Git error: error authenticating: no auth sock variable
```

I can successfully run `git clone
ssh://<user>@<ip-address>:22/path/to/patched-guix-repo`.

I can successfully transfer files from the substitute server to the
client with scp without entering a password.

Can a channel use a ssh url?


             reply	other threads:[~2021-05-11 16:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-11 16:32 Bone Baboon [this message]
2021-05-12 20:08 ` `guix pull` of an ssh channel fails Bone Baboon
2021-05-13 17:36   ` Phil
2021-05-14 15:25     ` Bone Baboon
2021-05-15  7:07       ` Phil
2021-05-15  8:29         ` divoplade
2021-05-17 13:39         ` Bone Baboon

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