Re: OpenSSH environment passing

From: Richard E. Silverman (res_at_qoxp.net)
Date: 11/24/05 

Date: 23 Nov 2005 23:28:39 -0500

>>>>> "SLE" == simon l evans <simon_l_evans@yahoo.co.uk> writes:

    SLE> I am using OpenSSH_4.0p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7c 30 Sep 2003 on a Solaris
    SLE> machine. I have seen the use of the
    SLE> environment="LOGNAME=mylogon" in the authorized_keys file and
    SLE> have implemented this. But... I log in and authenticate fine
    SLE> against this key but cannot see where LOGNAME has been
    SLE> changed. In debug mode (server and client) shows LOGNAME as the
    SLE> original and not the overridden value. Not sure if I am
    SLE> understanding the process correctly? Any help appreciated.

Perhaps:

$ man sshd_config
...
     PermitUserEnvironment
             Specifies whether ~/.ssh/environment and environment= options in
             ~/.ssh/authorized_keys are processed by sshd. The default is
             ``no''. Enabling environment processing may enable users to
             bypass access restrictions in some configurations using mecha-
             nisms such as LD_PRELOAD.
... 

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  Richard Silverman
  res@qoxp.net