From 85b96ef41374f3ddc9139581f87da09b2cd9199e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "dtucker@openbsd.org" Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 10:17:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] upstream commit Document that the TERM environment variable is not subject to SendEnv and AcceptEnv. bz#2386, based loosely on a patch from jjelen at redhat, help and ok jmc@ --- ssh_config.5 | 8 ++++++-- sshd_config.5 | 10 +++++++--- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/ssh_config.5 b/ssh_config.5 index 22082049a..304811915 100644 --- a/ssh_config.5 +++ b/ssh_config.5 @@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.206 2015/03/30 18:28:37 jmc Exp $ -.Dd $Mdocdate: March 30 2015 $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.207 2015/04/28 10:17:58 dtucker Exp $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 28 2015 $ .Dt SSH_CONFIG 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -1333,6 +1333,10 @@ should be sent to the server. Note that environment passing is only supported for protocol 2. The server must also support it, and the server must be configured to accept these environment variables. +Note that the +.Ev TERM +enviroment variable is always sent whenever a +pseudo-terminal is requested as it is required by the protocol. Refer to .Cm AcceptEnv in diff --git a/sshd_config.5 b/sshd_config.5 index d3148c2c9..9d7a8e807 100644 --- a/sshd_config.5 +++ b/sshd_config.5 @@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: sshd_config.5,v 1.196 2015/04/27 21:42:48 djm Exp $ -.Dd $Mdocdate: April 27 2015 $ +.\" $OpenBSD: sshd_config.5,v 1.197 2015/04/28 10:17:58 dtucker Exp $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 28 2015 $ .Dt SSHD_CONFIG 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -70,7 +70,11 @@ See in .Xr ssh_config 5 for how to configure the client. -Note that environment passing is only supported for protocol 2. +Note that environment passing is only supported for protocol 2, and +that the +.Ev TERM +enviroment variable is always sent whenever the client +requests apseudo-terminal is requested as it is required by the protocol. Variables are specified by name, which may contain the wildcard characters .Ql * and