Re: FAQ update suggestion for ssh-svnserve-location

On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 02:18:33PM +0200, Marcus Rueckert wrote:
> you dont need to fight with the pam_env module. just setting the path in
> .bashrc/.profile/.zshrc/.cshrc is enough. it is really this simple.

No, that (generally) won't work. OpenSSH doesn't run your shell if you
request a specific command, and so (generally) the PATH environment
variable is set to a hard-coded default.

['(generally)' because OpenSSH can also obtain the default user path at
runtime from a file, like /etc/login.conf on BSD, or from any GSSAPI
module. So it might work in your configuration.]

You may also be able to create an ~/.ssh/environment file, or add
'environment=' to your authorized_keys file, though both depend upon the
PermitUserEnvironment option being on, which it's not by default.

There's also ~/.ssh/rc (and a system-wide variant), but I don't think
that's actually sourced, so it wouldn't be able to affect the environment.

Incidentally, the </div> tag is misplaced for that FAQ entry.

Regards,
Malcolm

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Received on Wed Sep 21 14:57:55 2005