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Re: PROGRAMFILES variable is not set during openssh session


Greetings, Corinna Vinschen!

>> > >> PROGRAMFILES variable is not set during openssh session.
>> > >> This is very important for remote administrative tasks.
>> > 
>> > > OpenSSH 6.0p1 is due soon.  I asked to apply a patch upstream so that
>> > > PROGRAMFILES is added back to the environment variables passed over
>> > > to the child process.
>> > 
>> > Both of them? (on x86_64 systems, there's two relevant variables)
>> 
>> Argh.  Can of worms.  No, only the 32 bit variant for now.

> Oh, btw., 32 bit processes only see the 32 bit PROGRAMFILES variable
> by default.  Which makes sense since PROGRAMFILES for 32 bit processes
> is the same as PROGRAMFILES for 64 bit processes...

I can't say that I understood your reply, I'll just go into hiding thinking
that you know what you doing >.>


--
WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 15.02.2012, <01:18>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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