Comment # 4 on bug 1227207 from Olav Reinert

(In reply to Pablo Suárez Hernández from comment #3)
> Hmmm, this is strange. This issue should be already fixed in our Salt
> package by: https://github.com/openSUSE/salt/pull/588
> 
> I just tested this in a Leap 15.6 container and it works fine to me, without
> any errors. Using an "ext_pillar" configuration as you did (with ssh).

FYI: My master runs in a KVM (managed by libvirt) running a default install of
Leap 15.6 using the "Server" system role.

> Are you using the "salt-master" and "python3-salt" packages coming from the
> official Leap repositories?

Yes - and I have not added any repositories.

> Could you please run:
> 
> rpm -q python3-salt --changes | grep 1210994
> 
> to double check the package contains the fix?

master:~ # rpm -q python3-salt --changes | grep 1210994
- Make sure configured user is properly set by Salt (bsc#1210994)
- Prevent _pygit2.GitError: error loading known_hosts when $HOME is not set
(bsc#1210994)


Just retested - when I remove my override for salt-master.service, the error
occurs again; and it disappears after I reinstate the override.