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Date:	Tue, 07 Jun 2005 19:50:53 -0400
To:	cygwin AT trodman DOT com (Tom Rodman), cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From:	Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: how2 set PATH for noninteractive restricted rbash shell?
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At 04:10 PM 6/7/2005, you wrote:
><I'm running 1.5.17, if appropriate pls forward to the bash maintainer>
>
>I want to be able to run a noninteractive command like
>
>  ssh joedoe AT myhost DOT mydomain DOT xxx somecommand
>
>where user "joedoe" has /bin/rbash in /etc/passwd for a shell.  
>
>  How do I restrict the PATH that is seen for the above ssh session?
>
>I have tried changing and exporting PATH in ~joedoe/.bashrc but this
>file is not read by prior to running "somecommand" above.


This isn't a Cygwin-specific question so it's really off-topic for 
this list.  Of course, you can always use something like ~/.bash_login.
See the bash man page for more details and what files get executed when.


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