[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Test Report (was: Re: boot-floppies_2.0.4 (source i386) uploaded)



On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 14:15:19 -0400 Raul Miller wrote:
> Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> wrote:
> > I did hear something about /etc/envronment, but I'm not sure what 
> > purpose it has and if it works for all shells, etc.
[...]
> In my opinion, /etc/environment should be supported by init (with a
> few sanity checks to avoid wedging the system), login, su, cron, ...

shadow-login does support it already (but possibly not enabled)?

$tail  /etc/login.defs 
# Should login be allowed if we can't cd to the home directory?
# Default in no.
#
DEFAULT_HOME    yes

#
# If this file exists and is readable, login environment will be
# read from it.  Every line should be in the form name=value.
#
ENVIRON_FILE    /etc/environment

David
-- 
David Frey (B98D36A9) = 51F35923114FC864 7D05FF173C61EFDE
Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
  -- Henry Spencer




--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org


Reply to: