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-rw-r--r--gnu/system/shadow.scm4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system/shadow.scm b/gnu/system/shadow.scm
index 4cb8018827..16b9e4b555 100644
--- a/gnu/system/shadow.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/shadow.scm
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc; fi\n"))
# Bash initialization for interactive non-login shells and
# for remote shells (info \"(bash) Bash Startup Files\").
+# Export 'SHELL' to child processes. Programs such as 'screen'
+# honor it and otherwise use /bin/sh.
+export SHELL
+
if [ -n \"$SSH_CLIENT\" -a -z \"`type -P cat`\" ]
then
# We are being invoked from a non-interactive SSH session