Hi,

Below are the variables which i have in .bash_profile.
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[oracle@server ~]$ cat .bash_profile
# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi

# User specific environment and startup programs

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/bin

export PATH

TMP=/tmp;
TMPDIR=$TMP;

export TMP TMPDIR

ORACLE_HOSTNAME=server.example.com; export ORACLE_HOSTNAME
ORACLE_UNQNAME=ORCL; export ORACLE_UNQNAME
ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle; export ORACLE_BASE
ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1; export ORACLE_HOME
ORACLE_SID=SALES; export ORACLE_SID

PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH;
PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH;
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/lib:/usr/lib; ex
CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/jlib:ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib;
export PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH CLASSPATH
[oracle@server ~]$
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when i tried to print the variables and change the directly using the variable, its not working.

Even rebooted the server, still the same.

May i know why and how to fix this ???

[root@server bin]# uname -a
Linux server 3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon May 5 11:16:57 EDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@server ~]# echo $ORACLE_HOME
[root@server ~]#
[root@server ~]# cd $ORACLE_HOME
[root@server ~]#

At the beginning your prompt is:
[oracle@server ~]$

However, at the end your prompt is:
[root@server ~]#

This suggests the .bash_profile you are editing is for a user named "oracle" but when you run your echo later you're doing it as the "root" user.

Each user has their own .bash_profile (and .bashrc and/or .profile etc...). Making changes for one user has no effect on another user.

If you use the "su" command to switch user (e.g. if you are the "oracle" user and do "su" without specifying a user or "su root" it becomes the root user. Using su with no flags would cause it to inherit the environment of the user that did the su. However if you use the "-" with su (e.g. "su -" or "su - root") it tells it to invoke the target user's environment rather than inherit the original user's environment.

If the settings you want are global (i.e. you want ALL users to have them) you can modify system profiles such as /etc/profile. On login users would first load system profiles then load their own. So if you put a setting in the system profile and do NOT change or unset it in the user's profile it will be used by all users.

Thanks Mensawater.

It worked as u suggested.
Thanks for your additional info on /etc/profile.

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