Setting environment variables in Linux for all processes
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I am using Ubuntu 9.1 (Karmic Koala) on my server. A simple matter of setting environment variables so that they are globally available across all processes is driving me crazy and I'd appreciate some help! I've tried setting them by using the export command in several different 'usual suspect' loc…
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Processes (including shells) only inherit variables from their parents. There is no way to change them from the outside thereafter. Set "global variables" as early in the boot (for system processes) or shell invocation (for user processes) as possib…
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