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authorAndrew Marshall <andrew@johnandrewmarshall.com>2021-12-11 11:13:50 -0500
committerAndrew Marshall <andrew@johnandrewmarshall.com>2021-12-18 12:13:02 -0500
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nixos/ssh: Add enableAskPassword
Previously, this was only implicitly enabled if xserver.enable = true.
However, Wayland-based desktops do not require this, and so configuring
SSH_ASKPASS on a Wayland desktop becomes cumbersome. This simplifies
that by adding a new option that defaults to the old conditional.
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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
index 716b91c3c53..52b2b38061f 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
@@ -167,6 +167,16 @@
           using this default will print a warning when rebuilt.
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          The option
+          <link linkend="opt-services.ssh.enableAskPassword">services.ssh.enableAskPassword</link>
+          was added, decoupling the setting of
+          <literal>SSH_ASKPASS</literal> from
+          <literal>services.xserver.enable</literal>. This allows easy
+          usage in non-X11 environments, e.g. Wayland.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
   </section>
 </section>