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From: Gary Johnson <garyjohn AT spk DOT agilent DOT com>
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Subject: environment variables and ssh logins
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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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