ssh.com's ssh isn't executing my bash startup files

From: Benjamin Rutt (rutt+news_at_bmi.osu.edu)
Date: 11/26/03

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    I have two remote hosts, one dc01 and one marion, that both are
    NFS-mounting the same home directory, so I know they are using the
    same shell startup files. Here are their respective ssh server
    versions:

    dc01: SSH-1.99-OpenSSH_3.4p1
    marion: SSH-1.99-3.2.3 SSH Secure Shell (non-commercial)

    Marion is using a version from ssh.com, apparently non-commercial. My
    problem is, when I ssh to marion, it isn't executing my bash startup
    files. Here are some example symptoms:

        $ ssh dc01 'echo $PATH'
        /home/rutt/opt/j2sdk1.4.2_01/bin:/home/rutt/bin:/home/rutt/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin

        $ ssh marion 'echo $PATH'
        /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin

    Note that my remote .bashrc prepends several directories to the
    default PATH.

    Marion's sshd(8) man pages show the following steps about the login
    process:

        LOGIN PROCESS
               When a user successfully logs in, sshd2 does the following:

               1. Change process to run with normal user privileges.

               2. Set up basic environment.

               3. Read /etc/environment if it exists.

               4. Change to the user's home directory.

               5. Run the user's shell or command.

    While dc01's sshd(8) man pages describe a somewhat different login
    process:

        LOGIN PROCESS
             When a user successfully logs in, sshd does the following:

               1. If the login is on a tty, and no command has been specified,
                    prints last login time and /etc/motd (unless prevented in the
                    configuration file or by $HOME/.hushlogin; see the FILES sec-
                    tion).

               2. If the login is on a tty, records login time.

               3. Checks /etc/nologin; if it exists, prints contents and quits
                    (unless root).

               4. Changes to run with normal user privileges.

               5. Sets up basic environment.
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               6. Reads $HOME/.ssh/environment if it exists.

               7. Changes to user's home directory.

               8. If $HOME/.ssh/rc exists, runs it; else if /etc/ssh/sshrc
                    exists, runs it; otherwise runs xauth. The ``rc'' files are
                    given the X11 authentication protocol and cookie in standard
                    input.

               9. Runs user's shell or command.

    Obviously, step 5 of marion's (ssh.com) isn't working as I expected,
    since I would expect that "Run the user's shell or command." would
    include sourcing my login shell's startup files, as is happening on
    dc01. Is there anything else I can do to get those startup files
    sourced on marion for every ssh (and scp)?

    P.S.: the real problem is that I want to get 'fsh' to work. I want
    'in.fshd' in my path, but I installed it remotely as
    $HOME/local/bin/in.fshd, and I need the remote $HOME/local/bin in my
    path, in order for 'fcp' to work. Thanks, 

    -- 
Benjamin Rutt
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