Where do I add/delete/modify 'environment variables'?

hello321_1999 · 05-03-2006, 07:39 AM

I have just recently installed SuSE Linux Enterprise server 8. I uninstalled Java. I rebooted the machine and logged in as root. When I type 'env' in a shell, I notice I still have the environment variables:

JRE_HOME=/usr/lib/java/jre
JAVA_BINDIR=/usr/lib/java/bin
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/java
JDK_HOME=/usr/lib/java
JAVA_ROOT=/usr/lib/java

Where are these being set? How do I stop these shell environment variables from being set?

FYI, I have checked /root/.profile and /etc/profile and they are not being set in these files.

melinda_sayang · 05-03-2006, 08:37 AM

Try this:
$ grep JAVA_HOME / -r

ioerror · 05-03-2006, 08:50 AM

Have you checked under /etc/profile.d/ ? /etc/profile will often (distro dependant) include files in this directory.

hello321_1999 · 05-03-2006, 11:41 AM

Thanks ioerror. If I navigate to /etc/profile.d, I find 2 files called alljava.csh and alljava.sh. These files set the environment variables I mentioned above.

I believe /etc/profile calls the files in /etc/profile.d