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Re: environment variables in ssh non-interactive shell
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
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