Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:22:47 -0800 From: George Davidovich <freebsd@optimis.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Subject: Re: Prompt containing SSH login information Message-ID: <20091124072247.GA95051@marvin.optimis.net> In-Reply-To: <20091124051038.1aef9ade.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20091124051038.1aef9ade.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 05:10:38AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > again, a strange question: I'd like to know if there is a builtin > means to let the csh's (or bash's) prompt show an information if > the current dialog session has been opened via SSH from another > system. The obvious is: > > me@sys1:~% ssh me@sys2 > me@sys2:~% _ > > I'd like the second prompt that I've been logged into sys2 by > sys1, such as > > me@sys1>sys2:~% _ > > or reverse > > me@sys2<sys1:~% _ > > or something similar, like the complex form with different user > names, such as > > me@sys1:~% ssh bob@sys2 > me@sys1>bob@sys2:~% _ > > Is this possible with the means given by the shell? I read "man > csh", but found nothing that would fit. > > Maybe it's not possible (because not intended)... I'd suggest parsing out w(1), or better yet, making use of environmental variables instead. The following, for example, are set by ssh: SSH_CLIENT SSH_CONNECTION SSH_TTY Out of curiosity, why are you wanting to do this? Are you chaining connections and need an analog of SHLVL for ssh connections? -- George
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