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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index a7facf4701..e5cec7ad25 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -25514,6 +25514,7 @@ evaluates to. As an example, @var{file} might contain a definition like this: (environment managed-host-environment-type) (configuration (machine-ssh-configuration (host-name "localhost") + (user "alice") (identity "./id_rsa") (port 2222))))) @end example @@ -25546,6 +25547,15 @@ accepts store items it receives from the coordinator: # guix archive --authorize < coordinator-public-key.txt @end example +@code{user}, in this example, specifies the name of the user account to log in +as to perform the deployment. Its default value is @code{root}, but root +login over SSH may be forbidden in some cases. To work around this, +@command{guix deploy} can log in as an unprivileged user and employ +@code{sudo} to escalate privileges. This will only work if @code{sudo} is +currently installed on the remote and can be invoked non-interactively as +@code{user}. That is: the line in @code{sudoers} granting @code{user} the +ability to use @code{sudo} must contain the @code{NOPASSWD} tag. + @deftp {Data Type} machine This is the data type representing a single machine in a heterogeneous Guix deployment. |