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Date:      Wed, 27 Feb 2002 19:23:23 +0100
From:      Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: System-wide environment variables
Message-ID:  <20020227182323.GC2129@raggedclown.net>
In-Reply-To: <15484.58800.614850.436679@guru.mired.org>
References:  <95467477@toto.iv> <15484.58800.614850.436679@guru.mired.org>

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On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 07:57:04AM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote:
> Mike Makonnen <mike_makonnen@yahoo.com> types:
> > On Mon, 2002-02-25 at 18:03, Rickard Borgm=E4ster wrote:
> > > Where should i put this? Into rc.conf.local or something maybe?
> 
> Since no one answered his original question, but got bogged down in
> shells and startup scripts, I'll note that the correct answer is that
> they go in /etc/login.conf. For instance, in the unmodified one, the
> default user has the equivalent of
> 
> export MAIL=/var/mail/$USER BLOCKSIZE=K FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=YES
> 
I think he was asking how to set a program's environment without logging
in.

-- 
Regards
   Cliff Sarginson -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net>

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