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On Friday 03 November 2006 14:18, Marco Calviani wrote: |
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> Hi list, |
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> i have a question regarding the use of global environmental |
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> variables: as root i've changed some variables inside /etc/env.d. |
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> I've updated the database with env-update and sourced them with |
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> source /etc/profile. For this changes to become available to all |
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> users i have to issue a source /etc/profile for every users AND also |
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> for future sessions. The changes become "standard" only if i reboot |
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> the machine. How is it possible to perform this changes for every |
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> users without rebooting? |
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I think you misunderstand the shell start up sequence, a reboot has |
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nothing to do with this topic at all. |
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If a setting is in /etc/profile then it will be used for every *new* |
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session for every user from here on out. |
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You only have to source /etc/profile in sessions that are already |
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running when you change any of the shell start up files. |
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alan |
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