May 10, 2024 at 3:57 AM, "Ashvith Shetty" <ashvithshett...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I would like to understand the process for configuring SSH for software > forges, like Forgejo, GitLab or GitHub. So far, what I've noticed is that by > itself, SSH does not work properly, and that after opening a new terminal > session (window or tab, it does not matter), I am forced to repeat the > following step every time, before any pull or push: > > ```console > > $ eval $(ssh-agent -s) > > $ ssh-add <path-to-private-key> > > ``` I fun sway, and I just put somelike like the above in my .profile; When I log in, it auto prompts me for my ssh password. > Before I continue any further, I wanted to let you folks know that presently, > I am on XFCE4. I don't remember clearly if GNOME Desktop did some magic > behind the back, or if I had to repeat similar steps over there, because I've > not touched Git for some time. > > I've tried adding GNOME Keyring as a service in the latest system > configuration (of course, with XFCE4), assuming that this missing service was > what I should have probably added, but that does not seem to be the case. > What am I missing over here? > And finally, I've come across `home-openssh-service-type` - which I've yet to > try, but reading from the docs, am I supposed to put my private and public > keys in the repository? How do I go about this? Isn't that a security risk? > Thanks, > Ashvith Also this kind of question is probably better for help-guix@gnu.org No worries. This conversation is now on help-guix@gnu.org. Thanks, Joshua
