environment variables and ssh logins

environment variables and ssh logins

[Gary Johnson]

I have several environment variables defined in the Windows Control 
Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables -> System 
Variables list on my Windows XP box.  If I run a Cygwin bash login 
shell locally on this machine, I can find all those environment 
variables in the output of the env command.  However, if I ssh to 
the same machine, several of those environment variables are missing 
from my environment.

For example, PATH is in both environments and is the same except for 
the extra :/bin component in the ssh version, and "CYGWIN=ntsec" is 
in both.  However, PYTHONPATH is in the local environment but not in 
the ssh environment.

Why are some but not all the environment variables defined in the 
System dialog inherited by ssh logins?

Thanks,
Gary


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Re: environment variables and ssh logins

[Gary Johnson]

On 2008-04-17, Gary Johnson wrote:
> I have several environment variables defined in the Windows Control 
> Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables -> System 
> Variables list on my Windows XP box.  If I run a Cygwin bash login 
> shell locally on this machine, I can find all those environment 
> variables in the output of the env command.  However, if I ssh to 
> the same machine, several of those environment variables are missing 
> from my environment.
> 
> For example, PATH is in both environments and is the same except for 
> the extra :/bin component in the ssh version, and "CYGWIN=ntsec" is 
> in both.  However, PYTHONPATH is in the local environment but not in 
> the ssh environment.
> 
> Why are some but not all the environment variables defined in the 
> System dialog inherited by ssh logins?

P.S.

Yes, I have rebooted since setting PYTHONPATH.

Gary


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Re: environment variables and ssh logins

[Brian Dessent]

Gary Johnson wrote:

> Why are some but not all the environment variables defined in the
> System dialog inherited by ssh logins?

http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-10/msg00729.html
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-11/msg00397.html
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-02/msg00386.html

Brian

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Re: environment variables and ssh logins

[Gary Johnson]

On 2008-04-17, Brian Dessent wrote:
> Gary Johnson wrote:
> 
> > Why are some but not all the environment variables defined in the
> > System dialog inherited by ssh logins?
> 
> http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-10/msg00729.html
> http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-11/msg00397.html
> http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-02/msg00386.html

Thank you.  That was very helpful.

Regards,
Gary


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