X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <50A13A32.9050805@cs.umass.edu> References: <50A13A32.9050805@cs.umass.edu> From: Ariel Sommeria Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:25:39 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: environment variables in ssh non-interactive shell To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 in the doc on the environment file, it explicitly states that there can only be key/value pairs, no commands. I tried, and it generates an error. But like I said I sort of got it to work, so thanks! On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 7:04 PM, Eliot Moss wrote: > On 11/12/2012 7:10 AM, Ariel Sommeria wrote: >> >> Hi, >> I'm trying to use environment variables to pilot a windows system >> through cygwin+ssh. Things work nicely with an interactive shell, but >> mess up with a non-interactive shell because my environment variables >> aren't set. >> I've set PermitUserEnvironment to yes in my sshd_config, I've set >> BLA=bla in .ssh/environment. Now when in my script I call 'env', I do >> see BLA in it. However echo $BLA doesn't echo anything. >> The only similar issue and suggestion I've found is this: >> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-10/msg01028.html >> Obviously I use the environment file, but it doesn't help. >> Does anyone have an idea what could be wrong? > > > I wonder whether you *exported* the variables in question. > > BLA=bla > > will put the setting in your environment, but does not automatically > add it to the environment of things you invoke. For that to happen, > you need to say: > > export BLA=bla > > (or have 'set =a' active in bash). > > Regards -- Eliot Moss > > > -- > 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 > -- 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