SSH – set env vairables by every connection – godaddy shared host

My problem is, that I have to set env variables (like GIT_EXEC_PATH) on a server. I need that variables by every connection (so by bash and by remote commands either). I managed to set those variables by bash with .bash_profile, but I have problems with the remote commands. I found that it’s possible to write commands in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys before the actual rsa key, but I don’t wan’t to write there always, I need a permanent solution… I found that the ~/.ssh/rc file is executed by every ssh login, so I put there my env variable declarations, but it didn’t work. The variables are set in the rc file, but after that they disappeared. :S Maybe the rc file runs in a subshell :S Is there any way to define those variables in bash and in remote commands without code duplication?

Edit:

I edited the question, because the server is a godaddy shared host, so it has a unique config. The /etc/ssh/sshd_config and the /etc/ssh/ssh_config files are empty. There are comments in those files, if you are curious I can copy it here.

1. The ~/.bash_profile is sourced (by bash connections only),
2. the ~/.bashrc is never sourced,
3. the ~/.profile is never sourced,
4. the ~/.ssh/environment is never sourced,
5. the ~/.ssh/rc is sourced (by bash and remote both), but I think it’s
   called in subshell, because the variables disappearing.
6. The ~/.ssh/authorized_keys is sourced by every time, but I have to
   write the commands before every rsa key (so I don’t wan’t to
   configure with that).

Summary:

I can configure the bash well (with .bash_profile), but I cannot configure the remote calls. That’s the problem. I’m looking for a file which is sourced by both bash and remote commands.

For example:

The git-upload-pack command finds the exe file, because the GIT_EXEC_PATH env variable is set, but with remote: “git clone user@domain.com:myrepo local/myrepo” the server doesn’t find that command, because the GIT_EXEC_PATH is not set.

Edit2:

According to this, and my printenv logs: the ~/.ssh/rc is running in normal shell, not in subshell, so it’s a riddle why the env variables not sticking…

I created an executable: ~/logenv:

echo "" >> mylog.txt
date >> mylog.txt
printenv >> mylog.txt
echo "" >> mylog.txt

And put this into the ~/.ssh/rc:

export AAA=teszt
source ~/logenv

By bash login & “source logenv” the result was:

Tue May 15 04:21:37 MST 2012
TERM=cygwin
SHELL=/bin/bash
SSH_CLIENT=censored
SSH_TTY=/dev/pts/2
USER=myuser
AAA=teszt
MAIL=/var/mail/myuser
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin
PWD=/home/content/65/7962465
SHLVL=3
HOME=/var/chroot/home/content/65/7962465
LOGNAME=myuser
SSH_CONNECTION=censored
_=/usr/bin/printenvTue May 15 04:21:41 MST 2012
HOSTNAME=censored
TERM=cygwin
SHELL=/bin/bash
HISTSIZE=1000
SSH_CLIENT=censored

By remote “ssh myuser@domain.com ‘exec ~/logenv'” the result was:

Tue May 15 04:25:52 MST 2012
SHELL=/bin/bash
SSH_CLIENT=censored
USER=myuser
AAA=teszt
MAIL=/var/mail/myuser
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin
PWD=/home/content/65/7962465
SHLVL=3
HOME=/var/chroot/home/content/65/7962465
LOGNAME=myuser
SSH_CONNECTION=censored
_=/usr/bin/printenvTue May 15 04:25:52 MST 2012
SHELL=/bin/bash
SSH_CLIENT=censored
USER=myuser
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin
MAIL=/var/mail/myuser
PWD=/home/content/65/7962465
HOME=/var/chroot/home/content/65/7962465

So the rc file is sourced, but after that the variables disappering… :S

Ok. The solution is that there is no solution on a godaddy shared host. I tried everything, but nothing works, so I decided that I stay with the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys:

command="~/connect.sh" ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC...

In the ~/connect.sh:

#!/bin/bash
if [ -f "${HOME}/.env_profile" ]; then
        source ~/.env_profile
fi;if [ "x${SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND}x" == "xx" ]; then
        $SHELL --login
else
        eval "${SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND}"
fi;

And in the ~/.env_profile:

export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:$HOME/git/libexec/git-core
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/git/lib
export GIT_EXEC_PATH=~/git/libexec/git-core
export GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR=~/git/share/git-core/templates

So I have to copy the command=”…” to every rsa key in the authorized_keys. This is code duplication, but I don’t think there is another solution on a godaddy shared hosts. (This will be the accepted answer until somebody gives a working solution without code duplication.)

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