AFAIK /etc/default/rcS is used only by boot time scripts (found under /etc/rcS.d). If you want to set global environment variables you have to modify /etc/profile
On 29 Dec 2002 at 12:39, Robert Land wrote: > The slrnpull program provides the option to > use the env variable NNTPSERVER instead of > passing the newsserver by argument. > > As being not that experienced in unix I had > a look at the rcS script to look how this > might be done. > Following the PATH setting in this file I added > these two lines: > > NNTPSERVER=news.btx.dtag.de > export NNTPSERVER > > then did a new init and tried a echo $NNTPSERVER > which resulted in a blank line in response. > > What was my fault and was this actually slrnpull > required? > > Any comments are grately appreciated. > > Robert > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
