--prefix at runtime

[mandar at webchat.chatsystems.com]

Sigh...unfortunately, my sysconfdir isn't consistent across different
customers. Each has his own convention/location for sysconfdir..

I guess I'll have to dig into the source and submit a patch..thanks for
the comments..

- Mandar

On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Jim Knoble wrote:

> Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 22:25:33 -0500
> From: Jim Knoble <jmknoble at pobox.com>
> To: openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
> Subject: Re: --prefix at runtime
>
> Circa 2002-Mar-07 18:21:07 -0600 dixit mandar at webchat.chatsystems.com:
>
> : Does OpenSSH support using a different --prefix at runtime? I have
> : different customers installing ssh in different locations, and I'd really
> : prefer to maintain one build for them, and only have them change their
> : runtime environment as appropriate.
> :
> : Usually, the order is
> :
> : 1. Is --prefix defined on the command line? If not,
> :
> : 2. Is prefix defined via an environment variable? If not,
> :
> : 3. Use compiled in --prefix
> :
> : I was wondering if something similar already exists, or do we need to code
> : this in...haven't dug through the code to check..thanks :-)
>
> The only locations that OpenSSH depends on compiled-in values for are
> the files in $(sysconfdir).  For example:
>
>   $(sysconfdir)/ssh_config
>   $(sysconfdir)/sshd_config
>   $(sysconfdir)/ssh_known_hosts
>
> Check the ssh(1) and sshd(8) man pages for the complete list.
>
> Everything else can be installed wherever you'd like.  Of course, it
> takes a bit more trouble to configure things if they don't go in the
> compile-time location, but there are several different parameters to
> take care of:
>
>   ssh:
>
>     - The location of ssh-askpass.  Configurable via the SSH_ASKPASS
>       environment variable.
>
>   sshd:
>
>     - The location of sftp-server.  Configurable in sshd_config.
>
>     - The default PATH (needed to find the scp program).  Configurable
>       in $(sysconfdir)/environment.
>
>     - The location of the pidfile.  Configurable in sshd_config.
>
>     etc.
>
> Use the man pages.  You should be able to do this without modifying
> source code, as long as $(sysconfdir) remains consistent.
>
> --
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