On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 12:31:28PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > Calum Mackay <calum.mackay@cdmnet.org> wrote: > > If /etc/environment is to be limited to PAM, shouldn't that be made > > clear in its name, or its comments? > > Mine contains: > > GDK_USE_XFT=1 > > LANG=en_GB > > neither of which seem particular PAM-related. > [...] > Neither of which need to be. > /etc/environment is not some configuration file for mysthical PAM > internals but a place to set *arbitrary* environment variables for > all sessions using pam_env, including ssh, login, xdm, ... And this is precisely why it shouldn't be used for pushing values into the environment of gdm -- its purpose (as documented and implemented by the system) is to set environment variables for *user sessions* once the user has authenticated, not to set env vars for arbitrary processes that are not related to user sessions (such as the gdm greeter). -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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