logical path to current dir lost during login

[Markus Friedl]

IMHO, setting $PWD is the job of the shell.

there are even some shells that do not need $PWD nor
care about symlinks.

On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 08:32:13PM +0100, Andreas Amann wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I use openssh-2.3.0p1 under linux-2.2.16 with standard settings and
> experience the following annoying problem: After I login the current
> directory is not set to the $HOME directory as expected, but to the
> _resolved_ path-name of the $HOME directory, where links and
> automounter dirs are expanded. To be specific, my $HOME is
> "/home/amann" but since /home is a link to the automounter directory
> /net/hservnlds/home/, my current working directory after login is
> "/tmp_mnt/hservnlds/home/amann". The reason for this is that sshd does
> not set the $PWD variable correctly.
> 
> In order to fix this bug, I propose the following patch:
> 
> diff -u ../../sb/openssh-2.3.0p1/session.c ./session.c
> --- ../../sb/openssh-2.3.0p1/session.c  Sat Oct 28 05:19:58 2000
> +++ ./session.c Tue Nov 14 16:07:54 2000
> @@ -1293,6 +1293,8 @@
>                 if (login_getcapbool(lc, "requirehome", 0))
>                         exit(1);
>  #endif
> +       } else {
> +               child_set_env(&env, &envsize, "PWD", pw->pw_dir);
>         }
> 
>         /*
>  
> 
> 
> Disclaimer: This patch fixes the problem for me. Since I am not at all
> familiar with security-critical programming, please check twice
> before you apply this patch. It might also be considered to set $PWD
> already before $HOME/.ssh/environment is read. 
> (BTW, why is there no global /etc/environment file, I really miss it).
> 
> 
> 
> CU,
> 
> Andreas
>