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Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:54:28 -0500
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> > I generally set most of my environment variables in the System control
> > panel for my user, instead of in my .bashrc/.zshrc
> >
> > I noticed that when I log in to Cygwin via ssh, these environment
> > variables are not available.
> >
> > Would this be considered a misfeature?
> 
> No, it's considered a security feature.  The environment for OpenSSH is
> stripped to the basics so as to not let lots of information about the remote
> system slip through to the client.  If there's stuff you want in your OpenSSH
> session that you're not getting now, a small script that you can run after
> login is the prescribed solution.

You can also use the ~/.ssh/environment file, if the ssh server has
PermitUserEnvironment set to yes.  See ssh(1).


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