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Re: ssh and user env vars from control panel
- From: Andrew Schulman <schulman dot andrew at epamail dot epa dot gov>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:54:28 -0500
- Subject: Re: ssh and user env vars from control panel
- References: <4D6DB62D.4050108@cpan.org> <4D6E9E11.3020507@cygwin.com>
> > I generally set most of my environment variables in the System control
> > panel for my user, instead of in my .bashrc/.zshrc
> >
> > I noticed that when I log in to Cygwin via ssh, these environment
> > variables are not available.
> >
> > Would this be considered a misfeature?
>
> No, it's considered a security feature. The environment for OpenSSH is
> stripped to the basics so as to not let lots of information about the remote
> system slip through to the client. If there's stuff you want in your OpenSSH
> session that you're not getting now, a small script that you can run after
> login is the prescribed solution.
You can also use the ~/.ssh/environment file, if the ssh server has
PermitUserEnvironment set to yes. See ssh(1).
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