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Description of problem:
OpenSSH is causing the "~/.bashrc" file to be read for 
non-interactive shells.  This includes when "scp" is being
used.

This is _very_ annoying because it means there is nowhere
to put stty commands or send messages at login, because
OpenSSH wil stupidly invoke these interactive shell resources.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
To see this do the following.

  + For each F in "/etc/ssh/sshrc", "~/.ssh/rc", "/etc/profile",
                  "~/.bash_profile", "/etc/bashrc", and "~/.bashrc"
    on the host and target account do the following.

      - Prepend the lines (replacing %F with the filename)

echo "In %F for USER=\"${USER}\"," >> /tmp/ssh-errors.txt
echo "with PS1=\"${PS1}\"," >> /tmp/ssh-errors.txt
echo "with ENV=\"${ENV}\", and" >> /tmp/ssh-errors.txt
echo "with BASH_ENV=\"${BASH_ENV}\"." >> /tmp/ssh-errors.txt

      - Comment out the usual references to other rc files.


Now for a warm up see what happens when you execute

    /bin/bash -c "/usr/bin/env"

from within the target account.  According to 

    http://www.snailbook.com/faq/sftp-corruption.auto.html

this is the intended effect of running ssh, scp, etc.  So have
a look at "/tmp/ssh-errors.txt".  On my RedHat 7.2 box it remains
empty because this is neither a login nor an interactive shell.


However, when we do the same from another RedHat 7.2 host via
the OpenSSH command

    ssh andrew@hostname "/usr/bin/env"

"/tmp/ssh-errors.txt" now contains the lines

In .ssh/rc for USER="andrew",
with PS1="",
with ENV="", and
with BASH_ENV="".
In .bashrc for USER="andrew",
with PS1="",
with ENV="", and
with BASH_ENV="".

The first reference is expected.  The sshd(8) manpage explains
that "~/.ssh/rc" wil be sourced, but there is no explanation
for "~/.bashrc" being sourced.  Not even the one caused by
the earlier RedHat practice of setting ENV to this file.
Furthermore, the shell is clearly non-interactive because PS1
is _not_ set.




Actual Results:  In .ssh/rc for USER="andrew",
with PS1="",
with ENV="", and
with BASH_ENV="".
In .bashrc for USER="andrew",
with PS1="",
with ENV="", and
with BASH_ENV="".


Expected Results:  In .ssh/rc for USER="andrew",
with PS1="",
with ENV="", and
with BASH_ENV="".


Additional info:

This bug is described for RedHat 7.2 and openssh-2.9p2-12.