Hello,
The environment variable $REMOTEHOST is not shell Dependant.
This variable is added by the program 'login'. The shell should not even
know that it's being ran remotely. A sane telnetd should fork login, so
you can rely on the $REMOTEHOST variable to exist.
Regards, Yotam Rubin
On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 01:37:04PM +0200, Boaz Rymland wrote:
> Ben-Nes Michael wrote:
> >
> > Hi All
> >
> > I wonder if any one know what bash variable contain the host i got
> > connected from.
> >
> > if ther5e is no such variable in bash, does other shell go it or system
> > function ?
> > --
>
> If he's aint using tcsh or ssh, a workaround (though not the most beautiful, I
> admit) is checking $DISPLAY, which will be set to the remote client name (not
> IP), with additional data. This is set up by telnet, if you use it.
>
> Boaz.
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