Re: environment setting in debian.

[Michael Meskes <meskes@topsystem.de>]

Andreas Jellinghaus writes:
> Example : LC_LANG should be set.
> 
> How can i set this, so every user will be affected, no matter whether she logs
> in via telnet, ssh or xdm.
> 
> i would prefer to set environment variables only in __one__ place.
> 
> suggestion (i see no other way) : modify /etc/X11/Xsession to source .profile
> and put everything in there. maybe also source ~/.profile.

Is this sufficient? No, I'm not talking about C-Shells, but about the login
at the console. Doesn't the shell source .profile AFTER initiating its
locale? Please correct me if I'm wrong, but this would mean we have to set
the variable even earlier.

Michael

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