[scponly] Environment variables

[Paul Hyder]

The scponlyc binary in most cases should not be located in the jail.
The entities it uses (binary, library, config files, etc.) must be in
the jail.
    Paul Hyder
    NOAA ESRL/GSD HPCC
    Boulder, CO

Ryan J Ollos wrote:
> Hi Kaleb,
> 
> Thanks a lot for the reply.
> 
> I have a Red Hat EL 4 system with openssh-3.9p1-8.  I would rather not alter
> the built-in packages, so maybe the best solution is to build a specific
> instance of openssh and have it listen on a different port.  I also don't
> want the environmental variables to apply to every ssh session, and if I add
> them to sshd_config, it seems like they would certainly apply to every ssh
> session.  What do you think?
> 
> Also, could you clarify for me ... From what I have read, when using a
> chroot jail, I will need the install location of scponlyc to be within the
> chroot directory.  Is this correct?
> 
> - Ryan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kaleb Pederson [mailto:kibab at icehouse.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 9:52 PM
> To: scponly at lists.ccs.neu.edu
> Cc: Ryan J Ollos
> Subject: Re: [scponly] Environment variables
> 
> Hi Ryan,
> 
> These environment variables are set by SSH when you connect to it, thus they
> exist and are queryied by scponly and then passed to the sftp-server.  They
> are configured by changing your sshd_config file after installing the
> sftplogging patch that you mentioned below.
> 
> Let us know if you still have questions.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> --Kaleb
> 
> On Wednesday 23 May 2007, Ryan J Ollos wrote:
> [snip]
>>  My question is ... how do I set the environment variables: 
>> SFTP_UMASK, SFTP_PERMIT_CHMOD, SFTP_PERMIT_CHOWN, SFTP_LOG_LEVEL, and 
>> SFTP_LOG_FACILITY?
>>
>> According to what I have read online, it appears that the only way to 
>> set these is to recompile OpenSSH after applying a patch ... but I'm 
>> not even sure how to set the variables after doing that.
>> http://sftplogging.sourceforge.net/
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> - Ryan
> 
> 
> 
> 
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