Phil writes: >> After running `ssh-agent` and using the environment variables it outputs >> in the command `SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-XXXXXXLfu5ES/agent.18550 >> SSH_AGENT_PID=18551 guix pull` I am no longer getting this error message >> "guix pull: error: Git error: error authenticating: no auth sock >> variable". >> >> However I now get this error message "guix pull: error: Git error: >> Failed to retrieve list of SSH authentication methods: Failed getting >> response`". > > When I have seen this error it means the SSH key in the ssh-agent is not > permissioned to read the contents of the git repo over SSH, containing either > the > channel itself or any other repos referenced in the channel that you hold > locally.
I had previously added the client's SSH public key to the `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` file of the computer with the Git repository with `ssh-copy-id`. However that did not resolve this error message. I have changed the permission of the git repository I am trying to use as a channel with this command `chmod --recursive u=rwx,g=rwx,o=rwx <git-repository>`. However this did not resolve this error message. How would I make the SSH key in the ssh-agent permissioned to read the contents of the git repository over SSH? It might already be as I can successfully git clone the repository. > I use BitBucket not vanilla Git - the solution in BitBucket is > to add the public key of the SSH key in your agent to your account with > read priviledges. If you happen to be using GitHub you'll need to add > your key here, I think - it's the same idea: > https://github.com/settings/ssh/new The channel is a vanilla Git repository. I searched for a Git forge service with `guix search`. There were no results for sourcehut, Gitea, Gogs or GitLab. Any suggestions for a Git forge service that is packaged for Guix? > One last test you can do is can you git clone your channel from the > console? My guess is this won't work if Guix is also having problems - > but you can then reduce the problem to one of git not guix. It looks like there is no problem with SSH. I can make an SSH connection to the computer that has the Git repository without needing to enter a password. I can also scp files from the computer with the Git repository without needing to enter a password. It also looks like there is no problem with Git. I can clone the channel `git clone ssh://<user>@<ip-address>:22/absolute/path/to/<git-repo>/`. Where <user> is the user in the output of `ls -l <git-repo>`.
