X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=4.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,BOTNET,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4BDCCCE7.7090002@cygwin.com> Date: Sat, 01 May 2010 20:52:55 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 1.7.5: sshd environment variables References: <201005010750.10907.plr.vincent@gmail.com> In-reply-to: <201005010750.10907.plr.vincent@gmail.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 5/1/2010 1:50 AM, Vincent Pelletier wrote: > Hi. > > I've just installed cygwin on winxp, for some wine comparative testing. > To make it easier for me, I installed ssh package and started sshd service so > I could do as much as possible from my main Linux box. > > But I noticed the following difference: > - on a windows cygwin term: > $ cmd /c echo "%ProgramFiles%" > C:\Program Files > - on an ssh session: > $ cmd /c echo "%ProgramFiles%" > %ProgramFiles% > which breaks the script[1] I'm testing. > > Is it a bug ? No. 'ssh' is a secure shell so it has a minimal environment. > If not, how can I make ssh session get the same environment variables as a > "regular" (ie, not remote) cygwin terminal ? You can add whatever variables you want and need to a script you can run as part of the login or just after, depending on your needs. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple