[Nix-dev] [PATCH] authorized_keys in users.extraUsers

[Rickard Nilsson]

Hi,

I've written a patch to users-groups.nix that allows me to specify the  
contents of a users ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file like this:


   users.extraUsers = [
     { name = "myuser";
       description = "";
       group = "users";
       home = "/home/myuser";
       createHome = true;
       useDefaultShell = true;
       authorizedKeyFiles = [
         "/etc/secrets/someotheruser.id_dsa.pub"
       ];
     }
   ];


I can also specify keys directly with the authorizedKeys attribute,  
instead of referring files. If there are existing keys in authorized_keys  
they will be left alone.

Is this something that others find useful? Does it make sense to put it in  
users.extraUsers, or is it too messy? Maybe there is a place for a more  
general home.<username>.authorizedKeys configuration? What do you think?


Best regards,
   Rickard Nilsson
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