Nelson Castillo wrote: > Is this a run-level distinction then? Is /etc/profile is only involved > in setting up run-level 2? This has nothing at all to do with run levels. > > I was unaware of the /etc/environment directory. Is this a Debian thing? > > A linux thing? An X thing? > > Seems debian-specific. > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/01/msg04226.html It originated with IBM AIX. But no other systems picked it up that I know of before PAM started using it. Now /etc/environment is loaded by PAM authenticated login sessions. Which means that if the process is not PAM related that it does not use /etc/environment. Bob
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