Setting Environment variable permanently

mihirict · 10-01-2015, 04:56 AM

HI Everybody,

I am facing a problem while setting up environment variable like, "export ORACLE_SID=PIP" in a particular user(SIDadm), its setting but when I'm logout from that user then the variable is removing. After login again of that user found that the variable is not there which i set it.
Noted that, I'm using Redhat 5.6 64 bit of OS, and using SAP applications.

Looking forward for your best opinion.

Reards

Mihir

rtmistler · 10-01-2015, 06:52 AM

Typically you set those in your username's .bash_profile file.

There is a more global location, but I'm not sure that's the right choice here.

The bash profile will be parsed each time you log in, providing you are running bash.

Example of a way to check is:

Code:

$ env | grep SHELL
SHELL=/bin/bash

linux.bheema · 10-01-2015, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mihirict

HI Everybody,

I am facing a problem while setting up environment variable like, "export ORACLE_SID=PIP" in a particular user(SIDadm),
Mihir

add that "export ORACLE_SID=PIP" entry in .bash_profile file on your home directory ( default home directory for user SIDadm could be /home/SIDadm).