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Re: global environment variables?



On Sunday 02 December 2001 14:01, dman wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 01:02:50PM -0800, Thomas Zimmerman wrote:
> | On 03-Dec 01:23, nemo@cheeky.house.cx wrote:
> | > This I aready know. ...but seeing as I didn't ask "how do I set an
> | > environment for my cronjobs" but "how do a set a GLOBAL evironment for
> | > the entire system", it doesn't actually help me much. :)
> |
> | [snip other answer}
> |
> | Just slip it in /etc/profile.
>
> This only works for shells that read /etc/profile (login shells).
> What Nemo and I are looking for is a way to set the environment for
> apps run via the panel (that don't have a login shell).
>
> -D

What about /etc/environment?



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