Some bash commands cannot be found when connected to remote Ubuntu device

[marcusnewton]

Recent 1.62.1 update causes some commands to not be available in terminal when connected to remote Ubuntu device. In my case, nix-shell and other Nix commands just result in command not found. I have not been able to find other missing commands.

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

• VS Code Version: 1.62.1
• OS Version: Windows 10 Home 21H1
• Remote OS Version: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS x86_64

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Install Nix on an Ubuntu device
2. Use VS Code to connect to remote Ubuntu device
3. Enter nix-shell --version

[NikPiermafrost]

Can confirm this exact behaviour on WSL remote option on a local Debian install with zsh

[marcusnewton]

Rolling back to v1.61.2 it works just fine.

[bersbersbers]

For me, similar problems (Windows 10 21H2, Remote SSH into OpenSUSE Leap 15.2). Problems in the terminal are compatible with the hypothesis that .bash_profile is no longer executed. Logon scripts are a bit special with OpenSUSE, but I think one interpretation is that 1.62.0 starts an interactive login shell, while 1.62.1 starts an interactive non-login shell. So I fixed a few of my issues by adding . ~/.bash_profile to my .bashrc.

However, I still cannot git push to any GitHub repo, neither from the GUI nor any terminal. Processes just hang. ps shows some /data2/bers/opt/vscode-server/bin/f4af3cbf5a99787542e2a30fe1fd37cd644cc31f/node /data2/bers/opt/vscode-server/bin/f4af3cbf5a99787542e2a30fe1fd37cd644cc31f/extensions/git/dist/askpass-main.js Username for 'https://github.com':
and /bin/sh /data2/bers/opt/vscode-server/bin/f4af3cbf5a99787542e2a30fe1fd37cd644cc31f/extensions/git/dist/askpass.sh Username for 'https://github.com': which, when I call it, simply opens a node console:

Welcome to Node.js v14.16.0.
Type ".help" for more information.

I thought it might be the Remote SSH extension and downgraded it to 0.65.8, with no luck - same issue as with 0.66.0 and 0.66.1.

Oh - same problem in 1.63.0 insiders, by the way.

[bersbersbers]

I think this issue is a duplicate of #136791, and my git issue of #136837. Both are on the Recovery milestone candidate list, see #136841.

[meganrogge]

/duplicate #136791