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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2022-01-03 19:26:05 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2022-01-03 19:32:08 +0100
commit62ab885daaa31a5e231902ca1b8c50e7b55f1ce2 (patch)
treee6e85a67ae084dce6afcf182da7c3a0e40b2392f
parent4362125033e8c38d1693450d916facf3940af621 (diff)
downloadguix-62ab885daaa31a5e231902ca1b8c50e7b55f1ce2.tar.gz
doc: Avoid (getenv "HOME") in 'machines.scm' example.
Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/52517>.
Reported by zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>.

* doc/guix.texi (Daemon Offload Setup): Avoid misleading (getenv
"HOME") in example.
-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 43549da388..9c1f30e83f 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -1250,9 +1250,10 @@ The @file{/etc/guix/machines.scm} file typically looks like this:
         (systems (list "aarch64-linux"))
         (host-key "ssh-rsa AAAAB3Nza@dots{}")
         (user "alice")
-        (private-key
-         (string-append (getenv "HOME")
-                        "/.ssh/identity-for-guix"))))
+
+        ;; Remember 'guix offload' is spawned by
+        ;; 'guix-daemon' as root.
+        (private-key "/root/.ssh/identity-for-guix")))
 @end lisp
 
 @noindent