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Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 10:45:25 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Re: problem with starting programs via ssh / cannot see  environment variable
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On Aug  2 07:42, Giger  Mathias wrote:
> 
> the variables are system variables. it's quite mysterious, but only some of the 
> defined system variables can be seen when logging in via ssh. As already mentioned,
> in a cygwin console on the respective host all the variables are available.
> 
> the only way to overcome the problem was to redefine the environment variables 
> in the .bashrc file. 

There are various other ways to define these variables.  However, not
seeing the variables from the system environment is OpenSSH policy.
The variables set resp. inherited by default is somewhat like the
bare minimum to allow Windows applications to run.  This is more or
less equal to what the SSH daemon does on other operating systems.
The child process only inherits a base set of environment variables
and further environment entries have to be added afterwards.

Bottom line:  It's expected that you have to redefine the variable
values by some measure in the child shell.


Corinna

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