environ problem in 3.8p1

[Roger Cornelius]

On Fri Mar 12 23:37, Darren Tucker wrote:
> Roger Cornelius wrote:
> 
> >3.8p1 added the following to main() in sshd.c:
> >
> >#ifndef HAVE_CYGWIN
> >    /* Clear environment */
> >	environ[0] = NULL;
> >#endif
> >
> >This breaks the getenv("TZ") in session.c and causes logins to occur in
> >GMT time.  It also causes any sshd syslog messages to be written in GMT
> >time.  I'm on SCO Openserver 5.0.7, but this looks like it should affect
> >all platforms.  Am I missing something?  I haven't seen it reported
> >before.
> 
> That was an attempt to fix issues with certain authentication types on 
> AIX, but it causes other problems, as you found.  The change has been 
> backed out, and an alternative fix for the AIX issues has been 
> implemented.  (Both will be in the next release, and are in the 
> snapshots now).
> 
> Thanks for the report.

No problem.  Thank you, and all the ssh team, for continuing to develop
openssh, and continuing to support SCO, despite their current litigation
attempts.

Roger