[CLOSED] how to identify different ssh sessions

trossachs · Veteran Joined: 22 Jan 2004 Posts: 1204 Location: London

I have about 4 different SSH sessions openned at any one time. Is there any way that the title bar of each sesion could display the user and server such as:

bone · Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:19 pm Post subject:

First of all, we need to know where your ssh sessions are opened from. I use putty when i am on a windows box, and I know that you can set the titlebar per each connection to say whatever. There are certain things that can happen that reset that title though. I havent narrowed them down, but I have seen them change before.

trossachs · Veteran Joined: 22 Jan 2004 Posts: 1204 Location: London

Hey bone, well I have got sessions to both Gentoo and Redhat servers. None to windows though. When I ssh to my own G box at home, the title bar does not change. Whne I ssh to a mate of mine in Texas, also a G box, then the title bar does reflect both the remote user and server.

So I know, by this, that there is some setting within sshd perhaps which needs a tweak to get it to comply; but I don't know what. I am loathe to play around with ssh as one false move and I may have no communciation with my box until I return to London on Friday!

bone · Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:40 pm Post subject:

You might want to log into his server and type "set", and then log into yours and type the same. Compare the two and see if any extra ssh_variables are set. I am not entirely sure how to set them, but all my boxes I ssh to seem to set the titlebar to the $PS1 prompt (or so it looks like).

trossachs · Veteran Joined: 22 Jan 2004 Posts: 1204 Location: London

I've had a look at the set profile of the session that prints to the title bar, but can see no variable available that I think should be changed.

It makes mention of: