why does xdm does not honor pam_env.so?

[Louis-David Mitterrand <vindex@apartia.org>]

Hi,

This is driving me crazy, as I haven't been able to find a rational
answer anywhere on the Net.

/etc/pam.d/xdm contains "auth required pam_env.so" which means it is
supposed to parse /etc/environment and pass on its variables to the
shells spawned from the wm.

This works fine in /etc/pam.d/su or /etc/pam.d/ssh.

Try it! From an xterm's shell the contents of /etc/environment are not
set. However if you "su" to another user, then all of /etc/environment
is set in the shell.

What should I do to get that in xdm?

Thanks

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