Setting Console Environment Variables from X

juanbobo · 05-21-2006, 11:10 AM

I want to be able to set the original console environment variables from within X. I've tried "source", but it doesn't seem to work. Thanks in advance...

dubz_444 · 05-21-2006, 11:19 AM

what do you mean by console environment variables?

do you mean the ones printed by env and printenv?

juanbobo · 05-21-2006, 01:46 PM

Yes, the ones printed by "export" in Bash. I could have sworn ". script" (source) worked before to set console variables from a virtual console, but it doesn't work. Is there another way to do it or some kind of security preventing it from working?

dubz_444 · 05-22-2006, 10:00 AM

preventing what from working?

export? why?

it poses no security risk

juanbobo · 05-23-2006, 03:48 PM

Yeah, I doubt it is security related. I believe I was able to do it in Slackware, but not Gentoo for some reason. I have the exports I want to be global in a script and I source that script, but it doesn't set them for whatever reason.

dubz_444 · 05-24-2006, 09:46 AM

what do you mean by...

Quote:

Originally Posted by juanbobo

...and I source that script,...

juanbobo · 05-24-2006, 05:33 PM

Run ". <scriptname>" or "source <scriptname>". I just realized it really only runs the given script in the current shell without starting a new shell, not the parent. How is it possible to set the console environment variables from a virtual terminal?