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.Dd September 25, 1999
.Dt SSH_CONFIG 5
.Os
The default is
.Dq yes .
Note that this option applies to protocol version 1 only.
+.It Cm SendEnv
+Specifies what variables from the local
+.Xr environ 7
+should be sent to the server.
+Note that environment passing is only supported for protocol 2, the
+server must also support it and must be configured to accept these
+enviornment variables.
+Refer to
+.Cm AcceptEnv
+in
+.Xr sshd_config 5
+for how to configure the server.
+Variables are specified by name, which may contain the wildcard characters
+.Ql \&*
+and
+.Ql \&? .
+Multiple environment variables may be seperated by whitespace or spread
+across multiple
+.Cm SendEnv
+directives.
+The default is not to send any environment variables.
.It Cm ServerAliveInterval
Sets a timeout interval in seconds after which if no data has been received
from the server,