[Bug 1158] Setting the environment in authorized_keys does not work

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http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1158

           Summary: Setting the environment in authorized_keys does not work
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 3.9p1
          Platform: ix86
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: sshd
        AssignedTo: bitbucket at mindrot.org
        ReportedBy: michael.henry at axegroup.com.au


I'm using CentOS 4.2 with all the latest patches. As per the O'Reilly book
"SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide"
(http://www.unix.org.ua/orelly/networking_2ndEd/ssh/ch08_02.htm#ch08-65720.html)
I have prepended this string to my key in authorized_keys:

environment="LOGNAME=mhenry" ssh-dss AAAAB3Nz.....

The manpage also suggests that this syntax is supported. However, logging into
this account using my key I see that the environment is not set:

Using username "cvsstore".
Authenticating with public key "dsa-key-20051105" from agent
Last login: Wed Feb 15 18:19:15 2006 from amitabha.axegroup.local
[cvsstore at axefs1 ~]$ env | grep LOGNAME
LOGNAME=cvsstore

Also: using multiple "environment" entries results in the ssh connection
attempt being rejected.

Thanks,

    Michael




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