openssh unix dev - Jan 2002 - [Bug 82] scp: Command not found errors

http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82

djm at mindrot.org changed:

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------- Additional Comments From djm at mindrot.org  2002-01-26 10:14 -------
The --with-default-path option most certainly does work. You probably have some
environment or shell initialisation which is clobbering your $PATH env var. I
don't see how the FAQ is out of date.



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------- Additional Comments From steve_dum at mentor.com  2002-01-26 13:47
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Yes, in 3.0.2p1 it causes USER_PATH to be defined in config.h.  However,
it's not used in any of the code.

The old behavior, e.g. 1.2.3, when USER_PATH was defined, it caused
_PATH_STDPATH to be defined (in config.h).  This in turn was used by
sshd.c in a call to child_set_env(...) to set it in the environment.
That code isn't there any longer.

More important, it looks like sshd forks off a user's shell to execute the
scp command, so now we are stuck with the system default settings for PATH,
and as you point out, what the user's local initialization code does.
So even if --with-default-path did work, it would be overridden, making the
advice of the FAQ not very helpful.



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------- Additional Comments From djm at mindrot.org  2002-01-26 14:24 -------
Please read the code. From defines.h:

#ifdef USER_PATH
# ifdef _PATH_STDPATH
#  undef _PATH_STDPATH
# endif
# define _PATH_STDPATH USER_PATH
#endif

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------- Additional Comments From steve_dum at mentor.com  2002-01-26 16:51
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Apologies, your right.

The FAQ should be updated to indicate that another reason this error
occurs is if ones shell initialiation excludes the directory that scp
is in from the PATH variable.



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