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...allows the user to do much more). So, I think that sshd should have an option to allow the user to set the chosen remote shell independently of his login shell (which could also be a wrapper to the login shell, that sets up the environment). This is more or less a shorthand of: ssh ... "exec my_shell -lc ..." Alternatively, make the ~/.ssh/environment mechanism more flexible (not just "yes" or "no", and in some conditions, allow the user to run programs such as LC_CTYPE=`command` -- but as the user can run programs in his ~/.ssh/rc file, I don't think this is a pro...