openssh bug (AIX only): scp not found

[K.Wolkersdorfer at fz-juelich.de]

Hi,

Bug-Description (for AIX - current release 4.3.3 - only):

  Everything installed in /usr/opt/freeware/...
  Client uses in AIX:
    scp <local-file> user at host:<remote-file>
  System response:
    ksh: scp:  not found.
    lost connection

Circumvention:

  In /etc/environment add
  /usr/opt/freeware/bin
  to the PATH-variable.

Suggestion:

  This problem exits in AIX only,
  although openssh seems properly configured with
  --prefix=/usr/opt/freeware
  The culprit seems to be in AIX only code
  in session.c, line 1269 (openssh-2.9.9p2):

#ifdef _AIX
	if ((cp = getenv("AUTHSTATE")) != NULL)
		child_set_env(&env, &envsize, "AUTHSTATE", cp);
	if ((cp = getenv("KRB5CCNAME")) != NULL)
		child_set_env(&env, &envsize, "KRB5CCNAME", cp);
	read_environment_file(&env, &envsize, "/etc/environment");
#endif

  Here /etc/environment overrides unconditionally the PATH variable.
  But _PATH_STDPATH should always be added to the PATH variable
  (see CHANGELOG - tim at mindrot.org 2001/03/10 16:33:42) via:
  	child_set_env(&env, &envsize, "PATH", _PATH_STDPATH);

Bug-Fix:

  The following fix works for us (openssh-2.9.9p2)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
  diff session.c.orig session.c
1275d1274
< 	child_set_env(&env, &envsize, "PATH", _PATH_STDPATH);
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Many thanks for your attention and best regards from Germany

Klaus

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Klaus Wolkersdorfer                     (K.Wolkersdorfer at fz-juelich.de)
Zentralinstitut fuer Angewandte Mathematik (ZAM)  Tel: +49-2461-61-6579
John von Neumann - Institute for Computing (NIC)  Fax:            -6656
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