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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/services/ssh.scm | 9 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 8aa3c6df74..427e445465 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -4033,12 +4033,17 @@ When @var{initialize?} is true, automatically create the seed and host key upon service activation if they do not exist yet. This may take long and require interaction. +When @var{initialize?} is false, it is up to the user to initialize the +randomness generator (@pxref{lsh-make-seed,,, lsh, LSH Manual}), and to create +a key pair with the private key stored in file @var{host-key} (@pxref{lshd +basics,,, lsh, LSH Manual}). + When @var{interfaces} is empty, lshd listens for connections on all the network interfaces; otherwise, @var{interfaces} must be a list of host names or addresses. -@var{allow-empty-passwords?} specifies whether to accepts log-ins with empty -passwords, and @var{root-login?} specifies whether to accepts log-ins as +@var{allow-empty-passwords?} specifies whether to accept log-ins with empty +passwords, and @var{root-login?} specifies whether to accept log-ins as root. The other options should be self-descriptive. diff --git a/gnu/services/ssh.scm b/gnu/services/ssh.scm index 5fc98e988c..2b52c777b7 100644 --- a/gnu/services/ssh.scm +++ b/gnu/services/ssh.scm @@ -91,12 +91,17 @@ When @var{initialize?} is true, automatically create the seed and host key upon service activation if they do not exist yet. This may take long and require interaction. +When @var{initialize?} is false, it is up to the user to initialize the +randomness generator (@pxref{lsh-make-seed,,, lsh, LSH Manual}), and to create +a key pair with the private key stored in file @var{host-key} (@pxref{lshd +basics,,, lsh, LSH Manual}). + When @var{interfaces} is empty, lshd listens for connections on all the network interfaces; otherwise, @var{interfaces} must be a list of host names or addresses. -@var{allow-empty-passwords?} specifies whether to accepts log-ins with empty -passwords, and @var{root-login?} specifies whether to accepts log-ins as +@var{allow-empty-passwords?} specifies whether to accept log-ins with empty +passwords, and @var{root-login?} specifies whether to accept log-ins as root. The other options should be self-descriptive." |