Re: environment setting in debian.
Michael Bramer writes:
> I think the right place is /etc/environment. But it isn't working. We must
> patch xdm, kdm and (?).
>
> /etc/environment come from the shadow-package and it is a nice File. See also
> the debian-devel-archive.
Talking about this file, shouldn't it be installed with the shadow-packages?
It seems it is not:
gauss:meskes 172) grep environment /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/apcalc.list:/usr/lib/calc/help/environment
/var/lib/dpkg/info/epic.list:/usr/lib/epic/script/environment
/var/lib/dpkg/info/epic.list:/usr/lib/epic/help/8_Scripts/environment
/var/lib/dpkg/info/epic4.list:/usr/lib/epic4/script/environment
gauss:meskes 173) dpkg -l passwd login secure-su
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-===============-==============-============================================
ii passwd 980403-0.2 Change and administer password and group dat
ii login 980403-0.2 Sign on to the system.
ii secure-su 980403-0.2 su with more security options
Michael
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