openssh unix dev - Jun 2002 - Suggestion: Environment parameter

Hi,

just a suggestion for a little feature:

Would be nice if you could set some parameters
on the client side (i.e. in the config file), 
which will be passed to the sshd server and
then set as one (or multiple?) environment
variable.

(Reason: Several administrators have to 
log in as root on a server, and the server
should run several .logins and .cshrcs depending
on who is logging in as root)

regards
Hadmut

environment="NAME=value" in the authorized_keys should probably solve
your problem, assuming the administrators all use public key
authetication.

This is documented in 'man sshd'.


  -jf