openssh unix dev - Aug 2002 - how to determine the login shell?

Hi,

Is it possible to determine the login shell (eg, /usr/bin/ksh or
/usr/ace/prog/sdshell) from the ssh client?

Is there a function call I can do or would I need to do this with a
packet_get_string?

TIA.
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js wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> Is it possible to determine the login shell (eg, /usr/bin/ksh or 
> /usr/ace/prog/sdshell) from the ssh client?
>  
> Is there a function call I can do or would I need to do this with a 
> packet_get_string?
>  
> TIA.
Login shell is placed in the environment variable SHELL, so 
getenv("SHELL") should return a pointer to whatever the user's
shell is.

--Dan

>js wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>  Is it possible to determine the login shell (eg, /usr/bin/ksh or 
>>/usr/ace/prog/sdshell) from the ssh client?
>>  Is there a function call I can do or would I need to do this with a 
>>packet_get_string?
>>  TIA.
>
>Login shell is placed in the environment variable SHELL, so
getenv("SHELL")
>should return a pointer to whatever the user's shell is.
>
>--Dan
Thanks Dan, I tried that but the problem is it if I issue that command from 
the client, it doesn't tell me the login shell of the remote user, it tells 
me the login shell of the client user.

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