SSH command doesn't read all the variables after SP Update

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES Updates
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Hello all,

We updated the OS from SLE 10 SP2 to SLE 10 SP4 in order to utilize chroot in SFTP.
http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7009112

However, the command “ssh env” is missing a lot of environment variables AFTER the update.
(The command is essential in our controlled environment)

When we were on SP2,
root@fitl05v140:/root > rpm -qa | grep ssh
openssh-4.2p1-18.36

When we are now on SP4,
root@fitl05v140:/root > rpm -qa | grep ssh
openssh-5.1p1-41.8.20

I guess this is related to this particular openssh package. Does anyone have any experiences on it ?

Thanks.

Regards,
Chi Wo

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Have you looked at, and compared, the AcceptEnv settings within
/etc/ssh/sshd_config to see how/if they have changed? From my openSUSE
laptop I have these defaults:

Code:

AcceptEnv LANG LC_CTYPE LC_NUMERIC LC_TIME LC_COLLATE LC_MONETARY LC_MESSAGES
AcceptEnv LC_PAPER LC_NAME LC_ADDRESS LC_TELEPHONE LC_MEASUREMENT
AcceptEnv LC_IDENTIFICATION LC_ALL

Also in /etc/ssh/ssh_config compare the SendEnv parameters.

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Good luck.

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On 07/03/2014 09:04, cwleecw wrote:
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We updated the OS from SLE 10 SP2 to SLE 10 SP4 in order to utilize
chroot in SFTP.
http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7009112

However, the command “ssh env” is missing a
lot of environment variables AFTER the update.
(The command is essential in our controlled environment)

When we were on SP2,
root@fitl05v140:/root > rpm -qa | grep ssh
openssh-4.2p1-18.36

When we are now on SP4,
root@fitl05v140:/root > rpm -qa | grep ssh
openssh-5.1p1-41.8.20

I guess this is related to this particular openssh package. Does anyone
have any experiences on it ?[/color]

How did you update the OS? From your post I’m thinking you went from
SLE(S)10 SP2 directly to SLE(S)10 SP4 and not via SLE(S)10 SP3.

HTH.

Simon
SUSE Knowledge Partner

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