On Fri, 11 Jun 1999 at 14:57, Joey Hess wrote about "weekly policy summary":
> /etc/environment (#20099)
> * Old.
> * Proposed by Florian Hars.
> * There is currently no policy on the use or content of
> /etc/environment, and there probably should be.
I se
t I mean is that this is not easily classified as a bug in login.
> Moreover, export instructions
> are needed inside /etc/environment, unless one uses the "set -o allexport"
> instruction of bash or ksh, which is almost unusable as it triggers bug
> #2385
I think I missed the original message on this :(
Where does the idea of /etc/environment come from? Is this linuxish or
just debian? Isn't the "standard" (i.e. SVR4) thing to use /etc/profile
for Bourne-like shells and /etc/.login for Csh-like shells?
Michael Stone writes ("Re: /etc/environment (related with bug #28446)"):
...
> I disagree. Other programs (e.g., ssh) expect this to be in NAME=value
> format.
Those programs can be changed.
Does ssh currently have a way to set the umask and ulimits ? Clearly
it needs one, so if
Wichert Akkerman writes ("Re: /etc/environment (related with bug #28446)"):
> Previously Ian Jackson wrote:
> > I think that it should be a (POSIX) sh script fragement.
>
> I disagree, since that would mean it is useless for people who use a
> different shell. And I ha
Francesco Potorti` <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> As you see, the file is sourced, which means that the values of the
> variables defined should be properly quoted.
Yes, it is a bug in login that it doesn't do this.
> Moreover, export instructions
> are needed
Previously Ian Jackson wrote:
> I think that it should be a (POSIX) sh script fragement.
I disagree, since that would mean it is useless for people who use a
different shell. And I happen to like tcsh..
Wichert.
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Quoting Ian Jackson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Francesco Potorti` writes ("/etc/environment (related with bug #28446)"):
> > I see that there is no policy described in /usr/doc/debian-policy about
> > /etc/environment, while I think there should be one.
>
> I agree.
Francesco Potorti` writes ("/etc/environment (related with bug #28446)"):
> I see that there is no policy described in /usr/doc/debian-policy about
> /etc/environment, while I think there should be one.
I agree.
I think that it should be a (POSIX) sh script fragement. The
a
I see that there is no policy described in /usr/doc/debian-policy about
/etc/environment, while I think there should be one.
/etc/environment can be used as an initialiser for login, by uncommenting
the proper line in /etc/login.defs. In this case, each line should have
the form
Hi,
I already have an /etc/profile on my machine that looks for
stuff in /etc/profile.d; this can be used to set up stuff for Korn
sehll like shells.
Maybe extend it to have /etc/init.d/${SHELL}/ directories for
the less priviledged shells?
manoj
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On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Santiago Vila wrote:
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> Hello.
>
> I'm forwarding this message from Christian Leutloff.
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> Summary: If /etc/environm
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