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guix deploy can't deploy with a user different than root

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From: Brice Waegeneire <brice <at> waegenei.re>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: guix deploy can't deploy with a user different than root
Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 15:29:58 +0000

Hello,

When trying to reproduce another “guix deploy” bug for a future bug 
report
I stumbled upon this one: it's not possible to deploy as a user
(machine-ssh-configuration-user) different than “root“, even with a
properly configured sudoers file[0]. Deploying with root works when ssh 
is
configured with “PermitRootLogin yes”. Following is the backtrace:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guix deploy -Lmodules systems/hystou-p04.scm
guix deploy: warning: failed to load '(config workstation)':
no code for module (gnu services lightdm)
The following 1 machine will be deployed:
  abricot

guix deploy: deploying to abricot...
sending 0 store items (0 MiB) to '192.168.10.10'...
Backtrace:
In guix/ui.scm:
  1936:12 19 (run-guix-command _ . _)
In guix/status.scm:
    776:4 18 (call-with-status-report _ _)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
  1736:10 17 (with-exception-handler _ _ #:unwind? _ # _)
In guix/store.scm:
   630:22 16 (thunk)
   1295:8 15 (call-with-build-handler _ _)
   1295:8 14 (call-with-build-handler #<procedure 7fe8ee3bc120 at g…> …)
In guix/scripts/deploy.scm:
   155:12 13 (_)
In guix/store.scm:
   1336:2 12 (map/accumulate-builds #<store-connection 256.99 7fe8e…> …)
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
   586:17 11 (map1 (#<<unresolved> things: (("/gnu/store/x32cnfkd50…>))
In guix/store.scm:
   1295:8 10 (call-with-build-handler #<procedure build-accumulator…> …)
In guix/scripts/deploy.scm:
    123:2  9 (_ _)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
  1736:10  8 (with-exception-handler _ _ #:unwind? _ # _)
In guix/scripts/deploy.scm:
    133:4  7 (_)
In guix/store.scm:
  2015:24  6 (run-with-store #<store-connection 256.99 7fe8ee3a75f0> …)
In gnu/machine/ssh.scm:
    416:2  5 (_ _)
    316:2  4 (_ _)
In guix/remote.scm:
   138:10  3 (_ _)
In guix/store.scm:
  1886:38  2 (_ #<store-connection 256.99 7fe8ee7dba50>)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
  1669:16  1 (raise-exception _ #:continuable? _)
  1667:16  0 (raise-exception _ #:continuable? _)

ice-9/boot-9.scm:1667:16: In procedure raise-exception:
ERROR:
  1. &store-protocol-error:
      message: "unknown error while sending files over SSH"
      status: 44
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

[0]: 
https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Invoking-guix-deploy.html#Invoking-guix-deploy

- Brice

Message #10 received at 41235-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Brice Waegeneire <brice <at> waegenei.re>
To: 41235-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41235: guix deploy can't deploy with a user different than
 root
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:13:01 +0100

Hello Guix,

Brice Waegeneire <brice <at> waegenei.re> writes:

> When trying to reproduce another “guix deploy” bug for a future bug 
> report
> I stumbled upon this one: it's not possible to deploy as a user
> (machine-ssh-configuration-user) different than “root“, even with a
> properly configured sudoers file[0]. Deploying with root works when ssh 
> is
> configured with “PermitRootLogin yes”.

[...]

This isn't the case anymore.  I can now use "guix deploy" with a user having
passwordless sudo right, as documented in the manual.

Cheers,
- Brice

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