openssh unix dev - Mar 2006 - PrivSep and PAM environment variable setting

I think I've seen this come up before, but I couldn't find an answer in
the archives.

I'm trying to use the PAM "pam_mail.so" module on Linux to set the
MAIL
environment variable (so I don't have to try to do it in various shell
init scripts), but the MAIL setting doesn't get passed through unless I
disable PrivilegeSeparation.

Is there a way to have PAM set environment variables when PrivSep is
enabled?
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On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 09:51:45AM -0600, Chris Adams
wrote:
> I think I've seen this come up before, but I couldn't find an
answer in
> the archives.
> 
> I'm trying to use the PAM "pam_mail.so" module on Linux to
set the MAIL
> environment variable (so I don't have to try to do it in various shell
> init scripts), but the MAIL setting doesn't get passed through unless I
> disable PrivilegeSeparation.
> 
> Is there a way to have PAM set environment variables when PrivSep is
> enabled?
I think it should work.  What version of OpenSSH and LinuxPAM are you
using, and what does the PAM config file look like?

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