Making UseLogin yes requires a valid reverse DNS enty

Pekka Savola pekkas at netcore.fi
Sat Aug 5 16:33:37 EST 2000


On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Yusuf Goolamabbas wrote:
> Hi, I am using openssh 2.1.1pl4 on a Linux 2.2.16 box [RH 6.1
> distribution], I was confused as to why when I telnet into that box, I
> get /usr/local/bin in my PATH but when I ssh into my box, /usr/local/bin
> is not in my PATH
> 
> I modified /etc/ssh/sshd_config to have UseLogin yes and then when I try
> to ssh into that box, I couldn't. ssh -v showed the following
> 
> debug: Requesting shell.
> debug: Entering interactive session.
> login: No such file or directory
> Connection to host closed

'login' in Red Hat is /bin/login, not the hard-coded default
/usr/bin/login.  This should probably be autoconf'ized.

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