Re: bash does not read startup scripts on some machines

[Greg Wooledge]

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 02:14:24PM -0600, Justin wrote:
> I am using a command line ssh tool called qtssh on windows to connect to 
> a redhat server.  qtssh is a command line ssh tool [...]

> 'When  bash  is  started  non-interactively,  to run a shell 
> script, for example, it looks for the variable BASH_ENV in the 
> environment, expands its value if it appears there, and uses the 
> expanded value as the name of a file to read and execute.'  This 
> variable is not set on any of the machines i'm on and it is not clear 
> how to appropriately set this variable.

You'd probably want to put it in ~/.ssh/environment on the server
end, and make sure sshd_config on the server includes
"PermitUserEnvironment yes".