environmental variables

mbhenry · 09-18-2003, 09:50 AM

In RedHat 8.0 how are environmental variables permanently set for all users?

CyberMacro · 09-18-2003, 09:52 AM

You can place the command to set them in all users' .bashrc
The code to set one is the following: (in bash)

Code:

export VAR='devar':$VAR

Succes!

mbhenry · 09-18-2003, 09:58 AM

Is the :$VAR at the end necessary? Isn't there some file in /etc or somewhere where global variables can be set for all users?

Crashed_Again · 09-18-2003, 11:15 AM

The file is /etc/profile .

mbhenry · 09-18-2003, 11:27 AM

Yes, that helped fo rthe DB2INSTANCE variable but it does not seem to be working for the LANG variable. hmmm. Thanks

unSpawn · 09-18-2003, 11:35 AM

but it does not seem to be working for the LANG variable
Check the scripts' sourcing. Prolly /etc/profile.d/lang.sh.

mbhenry · 09-18-2003, 11:41 AM

It looks like you are right. I think that in this case I will just set the LANG variable in the .bashrc. Thanks