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Tim Writer <Tim.Writer@ftlsol.com> writes:
>     rsh thathost xterm -display thishost:0.0
> The shell running inside xterm is interactive, but it's not a login shell, so
> it won't have EDITOR, HISTFILE, etc. which is probably not what you want.  Of

Common problem. Also happens with most XDM configurations.
I end up also putting everything in zshenv protected by a test:

        if [[ -z $MyEnv ]]; then
                export PATH=blablabla
                export CVS_RSH=ssh
                ...
        fi

my zlogin is always empty because I happen not to need to start anything when
logging in.


        Stefan