On Tors, November 17, 2005 22:56, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 10:42:48PM +0100, Allan Jensen wrote: >> Hello, >> >> what is considered the "correct" way of setting global and exported >> environment variables in debian? Specifically I want to set ORACLE_HOME >> and other oracle-related variables in a way that works in both console >> and X. >> >> I would also like to add $ORACLE_HOME/bin to the global PATH. >> > > For global settings, check /etc/environment, /etc/login.defs and > /etc/gdm/gdm.conf (or /etc/kdm/kdm.conf).
I have tried /etc/environment, but the variables set in that file are not exported and therefore only known to the first generation shell. Variables set in /etc/profile do not make into X. I will look into login.defs and gdm.conf. -- Regards, Allan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
