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Re: Where is /etc/environment involved?



Roger Leigh wrote at 2009-10-28 04:56 -0500:
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 05:38:05PM +0800, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote:
> > I looked over the init scripts. I cannot find the exact place that
> > reads /etc/environment.
> 
> pam_env.so is part of the PAM auth setup.  Note you should really
> use /etc/security/pam_env.conf instead, AFAICT /etc/environment is
> read for backwards compatibility, but is deprecated.

Is the file deprecated in Lenny, or later?  pam_env(8) mentions nothing about 
deprecation of the file, just claims it is the default.

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