How to add a environ. variable to all users?

moeen49 · 07-13-2006, 03:25 PM

Hi,

I want to add ORACLE_HOME variable to all user’s who login into my oracle server box. What is the best way to do it?

I know that I can add a line to ~/.bash_profile, but I want to have that variables globally for everybody.

Thank you,
Alan

druuna · 07-13-2006, 03:36 PM

Hi,

Put it in /etc/profile, this makes it global for all users.

I do assume the users are using a bash shell.

Hope this helps.

moeen49 · 07-13-2006, 03:46 PM

Thank alot. Can I assume /etc/profile is identical to autoexec.bat is MSDOS?

druuna · 07-13-2006, 03:50 PM

Hi,

It's not identical, but the comparison is close enough.