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Date:      26 Jun 2002 23:59:09 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/crypto/openssh-portable session.c
Message-ID:  <xzpznxh1z2q.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: <20020626152357.GA30110@nagual.pp.ru>
References:  <200206261417.g5QEHTjR074759@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020626152357.GA30110@nagual.pp.ru>

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"Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> writes:
> About PATH: it seems that you expect that setusercontext() will set it,
> but setusercontext() can fail (its return code currently not checked, but
> was checked in our old code). It leaves code flow with no PATH. Better to
> set PATH before it & check its return code too. I am not sure about 
> failure reaction, it can be fatal or just warning.

Yes, that's a good point.  The original code also assumes
setusercontext(3) will succeed, and copies the parent's PATH to the
child - but if setusercontext(3) failed, PATH might be anything (what
if sshd was started manually from a shell?)  It should use a
compiled-in fallback instead.

> About TERM: see "term" variable in login.conf(5) - sshd must not override 
> it and follow the way login does.

I disagree.  The "term" variable is a fallback.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org

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