On Sun, Jan 23, 2000 at 09:10:10PM -0500, Greg Stark wrote: [...] > Note that I'm not sure setting things in /etc/environment (or /etc/profile, > which is a worse idea) really works the way it should. does it override the > users' preferences saved in their dotfiles? That would be wrong.
Oh yes -- thank goodness policy forbids such nastiness -- other linux distributions have a million settings in /etc/profile, and it is not a thrilling situation -- logins take quite a bit longer under those distros, and it just feels messy. -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
