scp : Problems with pathing

[Tim Rice]

On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Tuc wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 12:01:46PM -0500, Tuc wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 10:33:05AM -0800, Tim Rice wrote:
> > > > > So the path you want, "_PATH_STDPATH" will not be used.
> > > > > I'm not sure what to do about it. I have no BSD here.
> > > >
> > > > BSD/OS uses the path from /etc/login.conf

Please try the attached patch.
If you do not have autoconf 2.52 or later, e-mail me and I'll send
you configure.

-- 
Tim Rice				Multitalents	(707) 887-1469
tim at multitalents.net

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--- configure.ac.old	Fri Apr 12 10:26:23 2002
+++ configure.ac	Fri Apr 12 20:57:56 2002
@@ -1981,17 +1981,28 @@
 	)
 fi
 
+dnl BSD systems use /etc/login.conf so --with-default-path= has no effect
+if test $ac_cv_func_login_getcapbool = "yes" -a \
+	$ac_cv_header_login_cap_h = "yes" ; then
+	USES_LOGIN_CONF=yes
+fi
 # Whether to mess with the default path
 SERVER_PATH_MSG="(default)" 
 AC_ARG_WITH(default-path,
 	[  --with-default-path=PATH Specify default \$PATH environment for server],
 	[
-		if test "x$withval" != "xno" ; then	
+		if test "$USES_LOGIN_CONF" = "yes" ; then
+			AC_MSG_WARN([
+--with-default-path=PATH has no effect on this system.
+Edit /etc/login.conf instead.])
+		elif test "x$withval" != "xno" ; then	
 			user_path="$withval"
 			SERVER_PATH_MSG="$withval" 
 		fi
 	],
-	[
+	[ if test "$USES_LOGIN_CONF" = "yes" ; then
+	AC_MSG_WARN([Make sure the path to scp is in /etc/login.conf])
+	else
 	AC_TRY_RUN(
 		[
 /* find out what STDPATH is */
@@ -2041,10 +2052,12 @@
 				AC_MSG_RESULT(Adding $t_bindir to USER_PATH so scp will work)
 			fi
 		fi
-	]
+	fi ]
 )
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(USER_PATH, "$user_path")
-AC_SUBST(user_path)
+if test "$USES_LOGIN_CONF" != "yes" ; then
+	AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(USER_PATH, "$user_path")
+	AC_SUBST(user_path)
+fi
 
 # Whether to force IPv4 by default (needed on broken glibc Linux)
 IPV4_HACK_MSG="no"