Re: global environment variables?
On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 02:51:27PM -0800, Peter Hicks wrote:
> On Sunday 02 December 2001 14:01, dman wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 01:02:50PM -0800, Thomas Zimmerman wrote:
> > | On 03-Dec 01:23, nemo@cheeky.house.cx wrote:
> > | > This I aready know. ...but seeing as I didn't ask "how do I set an
> > | > environment for my cronjobs" but "how do a set a GLOBAL evironment for
> > | > the entire system", it doesn't actually help me much. :)
> > |
> > | [snip other answer}
> > |
> > | Just slip it in /etc/profile.
> >
> > This only works for shells that read /etc/profile (login shells).
> > What Nemo and I are looking for is a way to set the environment for
> > apps run via the panel (that don't have a login shell).
> >
> > -D
>
> What about /etc/environment?
>
I put "FOO=blah" in /etc/environment and restarted crond, then I setup a
small script executed from cron which simply did `echo $FOO`
Result? nope. I'm afraid /etc/environment isn't that global.
.../Nemo
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