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Date:	Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:59:58 +0200
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: strange login behavior
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On Aug 19 05:47, Erik Weibust wrote:
> I have resolved both problems.  The first is strange and might be a
> bug.  The problem was that after adding a new env var in Windows it
> wasn't getting added to my PATH in Cygwin when I ssh'ed in.  The only
> way I could get the var added in was by rebooting my machine.

That's expected behaviour.  The sshd environment is inherited by the
system control manager, which only learns the new environment by a
reboot.


Corinna

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