Jack Hill <jackh...@jackhill.us> writes: > Hello Guix, > > I'm trying to use `guix copy` to copy some store items from a more > powerful computer to my laptop. I've tried to set everything up correctly > with ssh-agent, and I can ssh without being prompted for credentials, but > guix-initiated connections are timing out, so clearly I'm missing > something, but I don't know what. Perhaps the following session transcript > with show what I'm missing: > > ``` > $ env|grep -i ssh > SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh > jackhill@alperton ~$ ssh-add -l > 256 SHA256:g7qjlV99AHx3R2/ZlkeMGPqnYGzwPJjhVY5y7WX1a/E jackhill@alperton > (ED25519) > jackhill@alperton ~$ ssh jackhill@remote > Last login: Fri Jul 26 21:38:23 2019 from 107.15.18.231 > jackhill@remote ~$ logout > Connection to remote closed. > jackhill@alperton ~$ guix copy --from="jackhill@remote" icecat > guix copy: error: SSH connection to 'remote' failed: Timeout connecting to > remote > ```
'guix copy' does not currently support the 'user@host' style. Instead you have to configure your ~/.ssh/config such that 'ssh hostname' works, then you can use guix copy --to=hostname-or-ip. I suspect adding support for 'user@host' should not be too difficult, without having looked at the code ;-)
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