On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 12:26:21AM -0400, Oleg wrote: | On Saturday 01 June 2002 12:10 am, Maya wrote: | > Thank you for the prompt reply. | > | > Actually what I'd like to know is the following: If '.bashrc' and | > '.profile' are responsible for setting the individual users variables and | > '/etc/profile' the global variables, why is it that if I set variables only | > in the '/etc/profile', thus making them global, they are not viewed by the | > system.
| > Could you please explain to me what I am doing wrong or if I had forgotten
| > something?
|
| add the following to /ect/profile
|
| export MY_VARIABLE=bla1
|
| then log in as user. And I mean _log in_, don't just open a window shell. Do
|
| env | grep MY_VARIABLE
|
| if it doesn't show
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| MY_VARIABLE=bla1
|
| then you do indeed have a problem
Yes -- the problem is the user's .profile doesn't source the system
one. It isn't automagically sourced.
Make sure the user's .profile looks like this :
if [ -f /etc/profile ] ; then
. /etc/profile
fi
if [ -f $HOME/.bashrc ] ; then
. $HOME/.bashrc
fi
and make sure their .bashrc looks like this :
if [ -f /etc/bash.bashrc ] ; then
. /etc/bash.bashrc
fi
-D
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