Michael Stone writes ("Re: /etc/environment (related with bug #28446)"):
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> I disagree. Other programs (e.g., ssh) expect this to be in NAME=value
> format.
Those programs can be changed.
Does ssh currently have a way to set the umask and ulimits ? Clearly
it needs one, so if it doesn't have one already it will have to be
changed anyway.
Ian.