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-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi17
-rw-r--r--gnu/home/services/ssh.scm8
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 4807f16c0a..2d42ca8de2 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -42473,23 +42473,6 @@ machines using the @acronym{SSH, secure shell} protocol. With the
@code{(gnu home services ssh-agent)} service, you can configure the
OpenSSH ssh-agent to run upon login.
-When using the @code{home-ssh-agent-service-type}, you need to add your
-@file{~/.bash_profile}:
-
-@example
-SSH_AUTH_SOCK=$@{XDG_RUNTIME_DIR-$HOME/.cache@}/ssh-agent/socket
-export SSH_AUTH_SOCK
-@end example
-
-Of course, you can do that using the @code{home-bash-service-type}, by
-adding something like:
-
-@lisp
-(environment-variables
- '(("SSH_AUTH_SOCK"
- . "$@{SSH_AUTH_SOCK-$@{XDG_RUNTIME_DIR-$HOME/.cache@}/ssh-agent/socket@}")))
-@end lisp
-
Here is an example of a service and its configuration that you could add
to the @code{services} field of your @code{home-environment}:
diff --git a/gnu/home/services/ssh.scm b/gnu/home/services/ssh.scm
index dc37ecf329..01917a29cd 100644
--- a/gnu/home/services/ssh.scm
+++ b/gnu/home/services/ssh.scm
@@ -295,12 +295,18 @@ client,@command{ssh}, and by other tools such as @command{guix deploy}.")
(fork+exec-command #$command #:log-file #$log-file)))
(stop #~(make-kill-destructor)))))))
+(define (home-ssh-agent-environment-variables config)
+ '(("SSH_AUTH_SOCK"
+ . "${SSH_AUTH_SOCK-${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR-$HOME/.cache}/ssh-agent/socket}")))
+
(define home-ssh-agent-service-type
(service-type
(name 'home-ssh-agent)
(default-value (home-ssh-agent-configuration))
(extensions
(list (service-extension home-shepherd-service-type
- home-ssh-agent-services)))
+ home-ssh-agent-services)
+ (service-extension home-environment-variables-service-type
+ home-ssh-agent-environment-variables)))
(description
"Install and configure @command{ssh-agent} as a Shepherd service.")))