PowerShell / PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH
SSH Client set locale variables
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Description
SSH Client should set locale variables when connecting, respecting default configuration for ssh_config (SendEnv LANG LC_* ).
Somehow it should get system localization string (like en_US), add encoding (resulting in en_US.utf8) and sending as LANG LC_* variables.
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Research direction
Start with the SSH Client connection path and the ssh_config handling for SendEnv LANG LC_. Determine how the Windows system localization string and encoding should be obtained, then verify that LANG and LC_ variables are sent with the expected locale value while respecting the default SSH configuration.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- networking, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100