Re: Testing & A Suggestion :)

[William Kendrick <nbs sonic net>]

> I just tested with logging in to a slackware box, and Slackware doesn't 
> seem to set terminal window titles, hence the window title stays the 
> same and doesn't get updated when I ssh into Slackware.
> 
> So this is a problem with the host you're ssh:ing to, not the one you're 
> ssh:ing from. There's no way for example that gnome-terminal can know 
> the directory you're in on the remote host; the shell on the remote host 
> must explicitly be set up to provide this information to the terminal so 
> it can be set in the terminal's window title.

Install "xttitle" (or just grab the terminal escape codes from the
source and use "echo") :)

That's what I do, since my ISP doesn't have anything running on the
other end.

-bill!