In my /etc/profile, I set a few variables such as JAVA_HOME etc, in the form:

JAVA_HOME="/usr/local/j2sdk1.4.1_01"
export JAVA_HOME

Following a power outage, on a reboot these variables aren't being set any more.

I tried doing them manually at the command line, but this doesn't work either, as evidenced when I tried:

echo $JAVA_HOME

The export command just brought up a bunch of other variables set by programs such as apache etc.

I'm stumped as to what could be wrong... if anyone can suggest something I'd be very grateful!


MTIA

What shell are you using?

For instance....

[kvedaa@mobilev ~]$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash

what distro are you using?

I'm using Red Hat 7.1, and the shell is /bin/bash.

Found the problem - but it's WEIRD!

I've been using Webmin to access my Linux internet server remotely. I log in as root. Using Webmin's Command Shell, I can't see global variables.

Then I tried using SSH, logging in as admin, then su to root. NOW I can see the variables!

So my global variables set in /etc/profile were there all the time, and I've been beating my brain for nought!

Don't know if there is something odd about the Command Shell in Webmin (but how could it be?) or whether the way I log in makes a difference... I'm scratching my head over this one!

Cheers, Max

do you have a file called .profile in your home dir?


edit: nevermind :-)

No, I don't have a .profile in either my /root or /home/admin directories.


Thanks anyway!!! :-)