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authorMarius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>2017-04-17 22:49:23 +0200
committerMarius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>2017-05-18 01:00:53 +0200
commitc80cd4dfb4da1cc9d0ace233513bee0497db8a74 (patch)
tree9f13f50fe19cd3d6d1e4fe9707a9bd939de28a1d /gnu/system/install.scm
parent07bf68ed093bd66903c6c20b42caafe10688ea04 (diff)
downloadguix-c80cd4dfb4da1cc9d0ace233513bee0497db8a74.tar.gz
install: Enable SSH in installation image.
* gnu/system/install.scm (%installation-services): Add OPENSSH-SERVICE-TYPE.
* doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation)[Networking]: Document it.
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diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index 191ccf1680..9a6febfeba 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
   #:use-module (guix monads)
   #:use-module ((guix store) #:select (%store-prefix))
   #:use-module (gnu services shepherd)
+  #:use-module (gnu services ssh)
   #:use-module (gnu packages admin)
   #:use-module (gnu packages bash)
   #:use-module (gnu packages bootloaders)
@@ -262,6 +264,16 @@ You have been warned.  Thanks for being so brave.
           ;; To facilitate copy/paste.
           (gpm-service)
 
+          ;; Add an SSH server to facilitate remote installs.
+          (service openssh-service-type
+                   (openssh-configuration
+                    (port-number 22)
+                    (permit-root-login #t)
+                    ;; The root account is passwordless, so make sure
+                    ;; a password is set before allowing logins.
+                    (allow-empty-passwords? #f)
+                    (password-authentication? #t)))
+
           ;; Since this is running on a USB stick with a unionfs as the root
           ;; file system, use an appropriate cache configuration.
           (nscd-service (nscd-configuration