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' > wool...@localhost's password: > 2 args: 'ulimit' '-a' > > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/ulimit-and-ssh--tp25262471p25530173.html Sent from the Gnu - Bash mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
