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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-12-07 12:34:26 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-12-07 12:48:26 +0100
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parent859b362f81598830d7ff276b96a8724aee3c4db7 (diff)
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services: openssh: Warn about 'password-authentication?' default.
Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/44808>. Reported by Christopher Lemmer Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>. * gnu/services/ssh.scm (true-but-soon-false): New procedure. (<openssh-configuration>)[password-authentication?]: Change default to 'true-but-soon-false'. * gnu/installer/services.scm (%system-services): Explicitly set 'password-authentication?' to #f.
-rw-r--r--gnu/installer/services.scm8
-rw-r--r--gnu/services/ssh.scm18
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/installer/services.scm b/gnu/installer/services.scm
index ec5ea30594..14a3bb9be6 100644
--- a/gnu/installer/services.scm
+++ b/gnu/installer/services.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
;;; Copyright © 2018 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
-;;; Copyright © 2019 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2019, 2020 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2020 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -93,7 +93,11 @@
(system-service
(name (G_ "OpenSSH secure shell daemon (sshd)"))
(type 'networking)
- (snippet '((service openssh-service-type))))
+ (snippet '((service openssh-service-type
+ (openssh-configuration
+ ;; Currently the default is #t but it's considered
+ ;; unsafe. Explicitly pass #f.
+ (password-authentication? #f))))))
(system-service
(name (G_ "Tor anonymous network router"))
(type 'networking)
diff --git a/gnu/services/ssh.scm b/gnu/services/ssh.scm
index 1891db0487..1e45495e1b 100644
--- a/gnu/services/ssh.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/ssh.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2016 David Craven <david@craven.ch>
;;; Copyright © 2016 Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Clément Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org>
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
#:use-module (guix gexp)
#:use-module (guix records)
#:use-module (guix modules)
+ #:use-module ((guix i18n) #:select (G_))
+ #:use-module ((guix diagnostics) #:select (warning source-properties->location))
+ #:use-module ((guix memoization) #:select (mlambda))
#:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
#:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
#:use-module (ice-9 match)
@@ -276,6 +279,16 @@ The other options should be self-descriptive."
;;; OpenSSH.
;;;
+(define true-but-soon-false
+ (mlambda (loc)
+ ;; The plan is to change the default 'password-authentication?' to #f in
+ ;; Guix 1.3.0 or so. See <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/44808>.
+ (warning (source-properties->location loc)
+ (G_ "The default value of the 'password-authentication?'
+field of 'openssh-configuration' will change from #true to #false in the
+future. Explicitly set it to #true to allow password authentication.~%"))
+ #t))
+
(define-record-type* <openssh-configuration>
openssh-configuration make-openssh-configuration
openssh-configuration?
@@ -296,7 +309,8 @@ The other options should be self-descriptive."
(default #f))
;; Boolean
(password-authentication? openssh-configuration-password-authentication?
- (default #t))
+ (default (true-but-soon-false
+ (current-source-location))))
;; Boolean
(public-key-authentication? openssh-configuration-public-key-authentication?
(default #t))