Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ssh login, passing local user environment
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 06:16:20
Message-Id: 1658595.lSv7o9Yr1h@eve
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] ssh login, passing local user environment by John Covici
1 On Sunday, October 25, 2020 10:56:24 AM CET John Covici wrote:
2 > On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 05:04:38 -0400,
3 >
4 > J. Roeleveld wrote:
5 > > On Saturday, October 24, 2020 11:05:45 PM CET thelma@×××××××××××.com
6 wrote:
7 > > > If I login from the command "ifconfig" now works from command line at
8 > > > the terminal but if I login over "ssh", "ifconfig" is not working only
9 > > > "/bin/ifconfig"
10 > > >
11 > > > I was thinking it is the option in sshd_config: PermitUserEnvironment
12 > > > but enabling it didn't help.
13 > >
14 > > Which USE-flags did you use for ssh?
15 > >
16 > > # eix net-misc/openssh
17 > >
18 > > should provide this.
19 > >
20 > > Also, do you have the following in your sshd_config:
21 > >
22 > > " UsePAM yes "
23 > >
24 > > This is normally used to configure the environment as well.
25 >
26 > The simplest thing is to change your path environment variable in your
27 > .bashsrc so its always the same, no matter what the user is, that
28 > would solve your problem.
29
30 Which is also a maintenance nightmare if you end up with packages installed in
31 different locations or when paths change due to new versions.
32
33 Never mind all the other environment variables that are defined in /etc/
34 profile.env.
35
36 --
37 Joost