K.Wolkersdorfer at fz-juelich.de
2001-Oct-15 16:48 UTC
openssh bug (AIX only): scp not found
Hi,
Bug-Description (for AIX - current release 4.3.3 - only):
Everything installed in /usr/opt/freeware/...
Client uses in AIX:
scp <local-file> user at host:<remote-file>
System response:
ksh: scp: not found.
lost connection
Circumvention:
In /etc/environment add
/usr/opt/freeware/bin
to the PATH-variable.
Suggestion:
This problem exits in AIX only,
although openssh seems properly configured with
--prefix=/usr/opt/freeware
The culprit seems to be in AIX only code
in session.c, line 1269 (openssh-2.9.9p2):
#ifdef _AIX
if ((cp = getenv("AUTHSTATE")) != NULL)
child_set_env(&env, &envsize, "AUTHSTATE", cp);
if ((cp = getenv("KRB5CCNAME")) != NULL)
child_set_env(&env, &envsize, "KRB5CCNAME", cp);
read_environment_file(&env, &envsize, "/etc/environment");
#endif
Here /etc/environment overrides unconditionally the PATH variable.
But _PATH_STDPATH should always be added to the PATH variable
(see CHANGELOG - tim at mindrot.org 2001/03/10 16:33:42) via:
child_set_env(&env, &envsize, "PATH", _PATH_STDPATH);
Bug-Fix:
The following fix works for us (openssh-2.9.9p2)
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diff session.c.orig session.c
1275d1274
< child_set_env(&env, &envsize, "PATH", _PATH_STDPATH);
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Many thanks for your attention and best regards from Germany
Klaus
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Klaus Wolkersdorfer (K.Wolkersdorfer at fz-juelich.de)
Zentralinstitut fuer Angewandte Mathematik (ZAM) Tel: +49-2461-61-6579
John von Neumann - Institute for Computing (NIC) Fax: -6656
Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, D-52425 Juelich, Germany