Bug#672993: openssh-server: sshd should AcceptEnv EDITOR
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:53:48AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 12:17:45PM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> > When several fellow hackers are maintaining a server, but have
> > different tastes when it comes to editing tools, they may start
> > unending flame wars and even come to blows.
> >
> > To bring peace in such a work environment, I suggest applying one
> > minor yet essential change in /etc/ssh/sshd_config from:
> > AcceptEnv LANG LC_*
> > to
> > AcceptEnv LANG LC_* EDITOR
>
> Why not just make that change locally? It's a configuration file for a
> reason. I added the locale variables there because some programs
> misbehave if they're unset or don't match the terminal, but I'm
> reluctant to start adding more variables with lower impact; I think it
> would get out of hand very quickly.
I suggested to make this change globally because it sounds like a good
practice, plus since I do a lot of sysadmining professionally I'd
rather avoid doing it on each and every hundred of boxes/templates
I'll setup over the next couple years :
And because that was quite a fun bugreport to submit :)
--
Sylvain
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