[PATCH] doc: Clarify 'user' field and key pairs in Daemon Offload.

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Bruno Victal wrote on 18 Aug 2023 23:57
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* doc/guix.texi (Daemon Offload Setup:): Clarify 'user' field of build-machine
data type and the key pair used by guix archive.
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doc/guix.texi | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index efb4cec9ef..4ca0b5e0c6 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -1405,7 +1405,7 @@ Daemon Offload Setup
"x86_64-linux" "i686-linux")}.
@item user
-The user account to use when connecting to the remote machine over SSH.
+The user account on the remote machine to use when connecting over SSH.
Note that the SSH key pair must @emph{not} be passphrase-protected, to
allow non-interactive logins.
@@ -1499,6 +1499,11 @@ Daemon Offload Setup
# guix archive --generate-key
@end example
+@quotation Note
+This key pair is not related to the SSH keypair that was previously
+mentioned in the description of the @code{build-machine} data type.
+@end quotation
+
@noindent
Each build machine must authorize the key of the master machine so that
it accepts store items it receives from the master:

base-commit: 597af70fd24eb85a85fa8c45008c9cfa241f4d0b
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2.40.1
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Ludovic Courtès wrote on 22 Aug 2023 19:23
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