fix(ssh): use openssh.authorizedPrincipals for cloudflare certificates

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Noah Masur
2026-09-06 19:34:37 +00:00
parent f593fdb81f
commit fd9cae9c40
2 changed files with 22 additions and 19 deletions
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## 2026-09-06 ## 2026-09-06
- **Fixed OpenSSH authorized principals certificate authentication for Cloudflare Tunnel**:
- Replaced manual `environment.etc."ssh/authorized_principals/${username}"` symlink and `Match User` config with NixOS native `users.users.<name>.openssh.authorizedPrincipals`.
- Root cause: `environment.etc` without an explicit `mode` creates symlinks pointing into `/nix/store`, which has group-writable mode `0775` (`nixbld` group). Under `StrictModes yes`, sshd refused authentication with `bad ownership or modes for directory /nix/store`, causing certificate principal matching to fail with `Certificate does not contain an authorized principal`.
- Setting `users.users.<name>.openssh.authorizedPrincipals` causes NixOS to generate `/etc/ssh/authorized_principals.d/<name>` with `mode = "0444"`, copying the file instead of symlinking into the store, and automatically configuring `services.openssh.settings.AuthorizedPrincipalsFile = "/etc/ssh/authorized_principals.d/%u"`.
- Also added `mode = "0444"` to `/etc/ssh/ca.pub` and moved `TrustedUserCAKeys` into `services.openssh.settings`.
- **Configured OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication for Mealie**: - **Configured OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication for Mealie**:
- Configured `services.mealie.settings` with OIDC settings pointing to Pocket ID (`auth.masu.rs`), using client ID `040925ed-b39e-4442-b8e8-369c948c0cd2`. - Configured `services.mealie.settings` with OIDC settings pointing to Pocket ID (`auth.masu.rs`), using client ID `040925ed-b39e-4442-b8e8-369c948c0cd2`.
- Added secret management for `mealie-oidc-secret.age` via `secrets.mealie-oidc-secret`, using `prefix = "OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET="` to generate an environment file. - Added secret management for `mealie-oidc-secret.age` via `secrets.mealie-oidc-secret`, using `prefix = "OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET="` to generate an environment file.
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
# Set ca = "<public key>" # Set ca = "<public key>"
let let
inherit (config.nmasur.settings) username; inherit (config.nmasur.settings) username hostnames;
cfg = config.nmasur.presets.services.cloudflared; cfg = config.nmasur.presets.services.cloudflared;
in in
@@ -68,27 +68,24 @@ in
# Grant Cloudflare access to SSH into this server # Grant Cloudflare access to SSH into this server
environment.etc = { environment.etc = {
"ssh/ca.pub".text = '' "ssh/ca.pub" = {
${cfg.tunnel.ca} text = ''
''; ${cfg.tunnel.ca}
'';
# Must match the username portion of the email address in Cloudflare mode = "0444";
# Access };
"ssh/authorized_principals".text = ''
${username}
'';
}; };
users.users.${username}.openssh.authorizedPrincipals = [
username
"${username}@${hostnames.mail}"
];
# Adjust SSH config to allow access from Cloudflare's certificate # Adjust SSH config to allow access from Cloudflare's certificate
services.openssh.extraConfig = '' services.openssh.settings = {
PubkeyAuthentication yes TrustedUserCAKeys = "/etc/ssh/ca.pub";
TrustedUserCAKeys /etc/ssh/ca.pub Macs = [ "hmac-sha2-512" ]; # Fix for failure to find matching mac
Match User '${username}' };
AuthorizedPrincipalsFile /etc/ssh/authorized_principals
# if there is no existing AuthenticationMethods
AuthenticationMethods publickey
'';
services.openssh.settings.Macs = [ "hmac-sha2-512" ]; # Fix for failure to find matching mac
# Create credentials file for Cloudflare # Create credentials file for Cloudflare
secrets.cloudflared = { secrets.cloudflared = {