reassign 571086 dropbear thanks On Tue, 23 Feb 2010, Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote:
> Package: base-files > Version: 5.1 > Severity: normal > > Steps to reproduce: > 1) apt-get install dropbear > 2) sudo dropbear -d /etc/dropbear/dropbear_dss_host_key -r > /etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key -p 622 -W 65536 -P dropbear.pid -F -E > 3) ssh localhost -p 622 -l root 'echo $PATH' > > Expected results: > 3) root's PATH includes /sbin > > Actual results: > 3) root's PATH is just "/usr/bin:/bin" > > More info: > 1) strace shows that dropbear SSH server does not execve() login at > all. Thus login.defs does not get read. > 2) If you feel like this is an error in dropbear, please reassign. I > reported this against base-files since its change triggered this and I > am not sure if SSH servers are supposed to invoke login or not. Dropping the PATH from the default /etc/profile is something people have been asking for ages: "There should be a single file to change the default PATH, and that single file should probably be login.defs". So yes, I think dropbear should behave the same as openssh-server. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
