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[PATCH 0/5] Some basic Home Shepherd Services

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From: Janneke Nieuwenhuizen <janneke <at> gnu.org>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 61483-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61483: [PATCH 0/5] Some basic Home Shepherd Services
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 12:53:35 +0100

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Janneke Nieuwenhuizen writes:

Hi!

> Ludovic Courtès writes:
>
> Hi,
>
>> Janneke Nieuwenhuizen <janneke <at> gnu.org> skribis:
>>
>>> +@lisp
>>> +(environment-variables
>>> + '(("SSH_AUTH_SOCK"
>>> + . "$@{SSH_AUTH_SOCK-$@{XDG_RUNTIME_DIR-$HOME/.cache@}/ssh-agent/socket@}")))
>>> +@end lisp
>>
>> Maybe we should automate that by having ‘home-ssh-agent-service-type’
>> extend ‘home-environment-variables-service-type’?  That way it’d work
>> out-of-the-box regardless of the shell being used.
>
> Oh that's a neat idea!  Someone will have to figure out how to do that,
> later.

I've pushed the attached patch to take care of this.  Pretty neat!

Closing this bug now, if we want to address the git-daemon "transform"
and #:user "git-daemon" issue better to open a new bug report.

Greetings,
Janneke

[0001-home-services-ssh-agent-Handle-setting-of-SSH_AUTH_S.patch (text/x-patch, inline)]

From 2714c9ef2d6cb42f15c2f284449f602467f0d1c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen" <janneke <at> gnu.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 12:40:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] home: services: ssh-agent: Handle setting of SSH_AUTH_SOCK.

* gnu/home/services/ssh.scm (home-ssh-agent-environment-variables): New
procedure.
(home-ssh-agent-service-type): Use it as ahome-environment-service type
extension.
* doc/guix.texi (Secure Shell): Remove advice about, and examples of setting
SSH_AUTH_SOCK.
---
 doc/guix.texi             | 17 -----------------
 gnu/home/services/ssh.scm |  8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 4807f16c0a..2d42ca8de2 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -42473,23 +42473,6 @@ machines using the @acronym{SSH, secure shell} protocol.  With the
 @code{(gnu home services ssh-agent)} service, you can configure the
 OpenSSH ssh-agent to run upon login.
 
-When using the @code{home-ssh-agent-service-type}, you need to add your
-@file{~/.bash_profile}:
-
-@example
-SSH_AUTH_SOCK=$@{XDG_RUNTIME_DIR-$HOME/.cache@}/ssh-agent/socket
-export SSH_AUTH_SOCK
-@end example
-
-Of course, you can do that using the @code{home-bash-service-type}, by
-adding something like:
-
-@lisp
-(environment-variables
- '(("SSH_AUTH_SOCK"
- . "$@{SSH_AUTH_SOCK-$@{XDG_RUNTIME_DIR-$HOME/.cache@}/ssh-agent/socket@}")))
-@end lisp
-
 Here is an example of a service and its configuration that you could add
 to the @code{services} field of your @code{home-environment}:
 
diff --git a/gnu/home/services/ssh.scm b/gnu/home/services/ssh.scm
index dc37ecf329..01917a29cd 100644
--- a/gnu/home/services/ssh.scm
+++ b/gnu/home/services/ssh.scm
@@ -295,12 +295,18 @@ (define (home-ssh-agent-services config)
                         (fork+exec-command #$command #:log-file #$log-file)))
              (stop #~(make-kill-destructor)))))))
 
+(define (home-ssh-agent-environment-variables config)
+  '(("SSH_AUTH_SOCK"
+     . "${SSH_AUTH_SOCK-${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR-$HOME/.cache}/ssh-agent/socket}")))
+
 (define home-ssh-agent-service-type
   (service-type
    (name 'home-ssh-agent)
    (default-value (home-ssh-agent-configuration))
    (extensions
     (list (service-extension home-shepherd-service-type
-                             home-ssh-agent-services)))
+                             home-ssh-agent-services)
+          (service-extension home-environment-variables-service-type
+                             home-ssh-agent-environment-variables)))
    (description
     "Install and configure @command{ssh-agent} as a Shepherd service.")))
-- 
2.39.1

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