From 4f4bea2a016f0adb1d3eaeffefafca734353def0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kiara Grouwstra <kiara@procolix.eu>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 13:12:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] use a mutable HOME in TF for nixos-anywhere to make a `.ssh`
dir in - will this not backfire?
---
panel/src/panel/views.py | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/panel/src/panel/views.py b/panel/src/panel/views.py
index a3c51e13..2299751b 100644
--- a/panel/src/panel/views.py
+++ b/panel/src/panel/views.py
@@ -132,8 +132,10 @@ class DeploymentStatus(ConfigurationForm):
deployment_params = dummy_user | json.loads(submission)
env = {
"PATH": settings.bin_path,
- # used in nixos-anywhere for ssh-copy-id
- "HOME": expanduser("~"),
+ # used in nixos-anywhere for ssh-copy-id to make `.ssh` in for ssh-copy-id.
+ # run thru subprocess, HOME points to the read-only `/var/empty`.
+ # in local dev, it will just reject the `/tmp` and make it in HOME after all.
+ "HOME": "/tmp",
"XDG_CACHE_HOME": "/tmp",
} | {
# pass in form info to our deployment