From 065a3e4d2bfa2340b57830baf4e3899a8bc25217 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:31:08 -0400 Subject: move OSX tips to forum and link to from install/OSX --- ...__39__s_default_sshd_behaviour_has_limited_paths_set.mdwn | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/OSX__39__s_default_sshd_behaviour_has_limited_paths_set.mdwn (limited to 'doc/forum/OSX__39__s_default_sshd_behaviour_has_limited_paths_set.mdwn') diff --git a/doc/forum/OSX__39__s_default_sshd_behaviour_has_limited_paths_set.mdwn b/doc/forum/OSX__39__s_default_sshd_behaviour_has_limited_paths_set.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..99b7092c7 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/OSX__39__s_default_sshd_behaviour_has_limited_paths_set.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +This is a tip for users who wish to use remotes which are based on OSX systems and have used macports to install some of the required utilities for git-annex to work. + +The default behaviour of OSX's sshd is to have a "highly restricted" restricted environment. The defaults that it allows is + + jtang@x00:~ $ ssh x00 echo \$PATH + /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin + +One solution is to enable *PermitUserEnvironment yes* in `/etc/sshd_config` and then in your own `~/.ssh/environment` file you could add something like (the below is an example) + + PATH=/Users/jtang/bin:/opt/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/Users/jtang/.cabal/bin:/opt/local/libexec/gnubin + +If the above is not done, cloning from the OSX host will fail if git is not installed isn't /usr/bin (which it probably won't be). -- cgit v1.2.3