* Nori Heikkinen (nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu) [031203 13:28]:
> i'd like to forward a customized environment variable from machine A
> to machine B, when i connect via ssh. reading the ssh manpage, it
> seems that i should be able to create '~/.ssh/environment' containing
> 'MYVARIABLE=foo' on machine A, and then, upon ssh'ing to machine B,
> 'echo $MYVARIABLE' should print out 'foo'.
>
> but it doesn't. am i missing something? i can't see anything
> relevant on the sshd manpage, so i don't think i need to do anything
> to the sshd config on machine B.
PermitUserEnvironment
Specifies whether ~/.ssh/environment and environment= options in
~/.ssh/authorized_keys are processed by sshd. The default is
“no”. Enabling environment processing may enable users to bypass
access restrictions in some configurations using mechanisms such
as LD_PRELOAD.
-- sshd_config(5)
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