Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 00:39:04 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rickard_Borgm=E4ster?= <doktorn@realworld.nu> Cc: Mike Makonnen <mike_makonnen@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: System-wide environment variables Message-ID: <20020228003904.A48231@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20020227233316.42430b8e.doktorn@realworld.nu>; from doktorn@realworld.nu on Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 11:33:16PM %2B0100 References: <20020226030324.4a94cc33.doktorn@realworld.nu> <1014689577.677.0.camel@blackbox.pacbell.net> <20020226025447.GA21944@dan.emsphone.com> <1014696241.677.5.camel@blackbox.pacbell.net> <20020226051544.GC1931@raggedclown.net> <1014735740.677.25.camel@blackbox.pacbell.net> <20020227233316.42430b8e.doktorn@realworld.nu>
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On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 11:33:16PM +0100, Rickard Borgmäster wrote: > On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 07:02:20 -0800 > Mike Makonnen <mike_makonnen@yahoo.com> hit the keyboard and punched: > > > > Any such program will inherit the exported environment > > > from it's parent process. Examination of /etc/rc will lead > > > you to see what they will be for startup daemons and such like. > > > Examination of the non-interactive behaviour of a shell startup > > > script (if one is used) will tell you what that environment will > > > be. Use of the "env" command may also help. > > > > I can't remember what he originally wanted this for, but the solution > > might be to put whatever he needs this for in a wrapper script. > > I just want to set a few variables for all uses, no matter wether > they login from shell or by gdm. Such as: > export PS1=$'[ \\u@\\h:\\w ] \\$ ' > > Why do I need a wrapper? login.conf(5) is probably the right way to do this -- check out the 'setenv' property. I'm not sure that gdm groks login.conf properly though... kdm certainly doesn't, although I do have half a fix for it that I must finish sometime. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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