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-rw-r--r--gnu/services/ssh.scm12
-rw-r--r--gnu/system/install.scm5
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/ssh.scm b/gnu/services/ssh.scm
index b33ec946c6..301ba74041 100644
--- a/gnu/services/ssh.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/ssh.scm
@@ -304,7 +304,14 @@ The other options should be self-descriptive."
 
   ;; list of user-name/file-like tuples
   (authorized-keys       openssh-authorized-keys
-                         (default '())))
+                         (default '()))
+
+  ;; Boolean
+  ;; XXX: This should really be handled in an orthogonal way, for instance as
+  ;; proposed in <https://bugs.gnu.org/27155>.  Keep it internal/undocumented
+  ;; for now.
+  (%auto-start?          openssh-auto-start?
+                         (default #t)))
 
 (define %openssh-accounts
   (list (user-group (name "sshd") (system? #t))
@@ -445,7 +452,8 @@ of user-name/file-like tuples."
          (provision '(ssh-daemon))
          (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor #$openssh-command
                                              #:pid-file #$pid-file))
-         (stop #~(make-kill-destructor)))))
+         (stop #~(make-kill-destructor))
+         (auto-start? (openssh-auto-start? config)))))
 
 (define (openssh-pam-services config)
   "Return a list of <pam-services> for sshd with CONFIG."
diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index 78f2bf3a13..0dd7688634 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -264,7 +264,10 @@ You have been warned.  Thanks for being so brave.\x1b[0m
                     ;; The root account is passwordless, so make sure
                     ;; a password is set before allowing logins.
                     (allow-empty-passwords? #f)
-                    (password-authentication? #t)))
+                    (password-authentication? #t)
+
+                    ;; Don't start it upfront.
+                    (%auto-start? #f)))
 
           ;; Since this is running on a USB stick with a overlayfs as the root
           ;; file system, use an appropriate cache configuration.