Re: ulimit and ssh?

[peter360]

That makes sense.  So the "feature" is to split all parameters on space even
if they are quoted?   I would vote to remove this "feature" in ssh.  Thanks
for the explanation.


Greg Wooledge wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 11:39:02AM -0700, peter360 wrote:
>> Thanks for the explanation.   So my understanding of the way ssh works is
>> still incorrect.  I am confused about at which point the two parameters,
>> "-c" and "ulimit -a" were converted into three, "-c", "ulimit", and "-a". 
>> I
>> guess I need to read the source of ssh and bash to really understand
>> this...
> 
> It's an ssh "feature" for backward compatibility with remsh/rsh.
> 
> imadev:~$ $HOME/bin/args 'ulimit -a'
> 1 args: 'ulimit -a'
> imadev:~$ remsh localhost $HOME/bin/args 'ulimit -a'
> 2 args: 'ulimit' '-a'
> imadev:~$ ssh localhost $HOME/bin/args 'ulimit -a'
> wooledg@localhost's password: 
> 2 args: 'ulimit' '-a'
> 
> 
> 
> 

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