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[PATCH] doc: Secure Shell: Add note about sshd and wrong permissions

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From: "zero <at> fedora" <shinyzero0 <at> tilde.club>
To: 67789 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: "zero <at> fedora" <shinyzero0 <at> tilde.club>
Subject: [bug#67789] [PATCH] doc: Secure Shell: Add note about sshd and wrong permissions
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 02:35:32 +0300

* doc/guix.texi (Home services: Secure Shell): Add note about sshd blocking connections because of wrong permissions
---
 doc/guix.texi | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 7dde9b727b..832fed3b97 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -44306,6 +44306,13 @@ predictable fashion, almost independently of state on the local machine.
 To do that, you instantiate @code{home-openssh-service-type} in your
 Home configuration, as explained below.
 
+@quotation Note
+Note that @command{sshd} will block any @command{ssh} connections to you if
+your files in @file{~/.ssh} have wrong permissions or ownership, as the ones
+created by this service do. To fix that, you need to set @code{StrictModes=no}
+in your @command{sshd} configuration
+@end quotation
+
 @defvar home-openssh-service-type
 This is the type of the service to set up the OpenSSH client.  It takes
 care of several things:
-- 
2.43.0

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