SSH: Use Remote Bash / Ksh source Command To Set Variable Locally

I have setup a master / local server combination using OpenSSH. My local server depends upon master server for a remote sourcing. The remote sourcing should set a large number of variables locally in a bash shell script. The code is:

user@slave $ source ssh user@master "/service/dyn.master.setenv.sh --mode=slave"
echo "$var"

The var is not setting and I am getting various errors. How can I do a remote "source" of a bash script file (from master.example.com) and set a shell variable locally at slave.example.com?

Tutorial details
Difficulty	Easy (rss)
Root privileges	No
Requirements	Bash/Ksh Unix

You need to use eval or source command as follows to fix your problem:

source <(ssh user@server cat /path/to/varfile)

eval $(ssh user@master cat /path/to/varfile)

Examples

Create a file called /tmp/foo on master server called master.example.com as follows:

JAIL=/lighttpd
PHP=/opt/bin/php5-cgi
MINIMAIL=/opt/bin/chroot-sendmail

Type the following command on server/workstation called slave.example.com (please note that [user@slave ~]$ is your prompt):

[user@slave ~]$ source <(ssh user@master.example.com  cat /tmp/foo)
[user@slave ~]$ echo "$JAIL $PHP $MINIMAIL"

[user@slave ~]$ eval $(ssh user@master.example.com cat /tmp/foo)
[user@slave ~]$ echo "$JAIL $PHP $MINIMAIL"

Sample session

Following sample session uses localhost computer as a master and slave. However, the concept remains same for master.example.com and slave.example.com Server.