Subject: [bug#70249] [PATCH] gnu: open-ssh-session: Don’t require public key.

From: Ian Eure <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2024 16:17:06 -0700

* guix/scripts/offload.scm (open-ssh-session): Delete `public' binding.
Public keys aren’t required for client connections, and this binding is
unused.  The behavior of assuming a ".pub"-suffixed file exists in the same
directory as the secret key is undocumented and surprising.

Change-Id: I9b532be2abe68dae0323e4ef6e1ceab1e5603359
---
 guix/scripts/offload.scm | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/guix/scripts/offload.scm b/guix/scripts/offload.scm
index 137e3b5fe3..93e9d3759c 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/offload.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/offload.scm
@@ -213,9 +213,6 @@ (define* (open-ssh-session machine #:optional max-silent-time)
 When MAX-SILENT-TIME is true, it must be a positive integer denoting the
 number of seconds after which the connection times out."
   (let ((private (private-key-from-file* (build-machine-private-key machine)))
-        (public  (public-key-from-file
-                  (string-append (build-machine-private-key machine)
-                                 ".pub")))
         (session (make-session #:user (build-machine-user machine)
                                #:host (build-machine-name machine)
                                #:port (build-machine-port machine)

base-commit: ab3731d255ff1ac8d6874bc0f68ad94f21f08e79
-- 
2.41.0