also sprach Paul Hampson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.02.19.1728 +0100]: > What exactly is /etc/environment for, and how is it used. > The only thing I'm aware of it being used in is for > the locales package, and all that does is make perl give me > warnings when it's run as a user on my i386, but not as > root. And no warnings with either user or root on my PowerPC.
it's read by pam_env.so, so whenever you 'require' that PAM module in /etc/pam.d/*, it'll read /etc/environment to set up the initial environment. much better of a way to control users environments than /etc/<startupscripts> > And another quick question: is there an ssh setting that > would override my preferences for X11 forwarding? > > ssh -X from i386a->i386b forwards OK. > ssh -X from ppc->i386a forwards OK. > ssh -X from i386a->ppc doesn't set DISPLAY and doesn't create > a listening port forwarder. I'm slightly confuzzled by this. ppc's /etc/ssh/sshd_config might not allow X11 forwarding. does it have xlibs? -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] have you drugged your kids today?
pgpZQpoyBhCKy.pgp
Description: PGP signature
