Hi folks. I've scoured the net, and can't find a solution that works for this problem. I've installed ImageMagick (on a solaris 10 sparc server), and when I manually set the paths/variables, it works for that login. If I log out, they're gone. To no surprise, apache can't use them either..

I've tried setenv, mod'd /etc/default/init, /etc/profile (someone told me to put my variables into /etc/default/global.. that didn't work) and it never sticks.

Anyone know how to globally, and permanently set a variable for solaris so apache can use an the variable?

Thanks
Ham

You should be able to set them in /etc/profile using:

*should* is the key word

I didn't do it exactly as you described.. but close.

is how I did it.. I'm guessing that's basically the same thing. I'll have to give that a whirl tomorrow.. I'll keep you posted.

Thanks
Ham

that should work fine, IIRC.

That's correct, do not use the short syntax "export var=value" in /etc/profile.
It is a syntax error with /bin/sh and understood only by ksh and bash.

I was not aware of the problems with the short version. I stand corrected.