Re: Where does the "prompt come from"
From: Bit Twister (BitTwister_at_localhost.localdomain)
Date: 03/25/04
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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:39:51 GMT
On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:45:53 +0100, Niclas Bäckman wrote:
> Hi All !
> I have a little question about the shell that is run when establishing a
> connection towards an SSH server.
> The client(OpenSSH) displays a prompt(as usual) when a command is executed,
> but my question is, where does the prompt come from.
> Is it sent by the remote shell or is it handled in the client ??
The box you ssh into provides the prompt. That box's login scripts set
up the prompt. Then you can usually define what you want the prompt to
contain using that accounts shell commands and/or users's shell startup files.
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