[gentoo-user] source /etc/profile valid for all current and future sessions

[gentoo-user] source /etc/profile valid for all current and future sessions

[Marco Calviani]

Hi list,
   i have a question regarding the use of global environmental
variables: as root i've changed some variables inside /etc/env.d. I've
updated the database with env-update and sourced them with source
/etc/profile. For this changes to become available to all users i have
to issue a source /etc/profile for every users AND also for future
sessions. The changes become "standard" only if i reboot the machine.
How is it possible to perform this changes for every users without rebooting?

Thanks in advance,
MC
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Re: [gentoo-user] source /etc/profile valid for all current and future sessions

[Alan McKinnon]

On Friday 03 November 2006 14:18, Marco Calviani wrote:
> Hi list,
>    i have a question regarding the use of global environmental
> variables: as root i've changed some variables inside /etc/env.d.
> I've updated the database with env-update and sourced them with
> source /etc/profile. For this changes to become available to all
> users i have to issue a source /etc/profile for every users AND also
> for future sessions. The changes become "standard" only if i reboot
> the machine. How is it possible to perform this changes for every
> users without rebooting?

I think you misunderstand the shell start up sequence, a reboot has 
nothing to do with this topic at all.

If a setting is in /etc/profile then it will be used for every *new* 
session for every user from here on out.

You only have to source /etc/profile in sessions that are already 
running when you change any of the shell start up files.

alan
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[gentoo-user] Re: source /etc/profile valid for all current and future sessions

[F.J.Zhao]

Logout and login, you will find the changes have become "standard".
That's because login bash shell will read /etc/profile first.

2006/11/3, Marco Calviani <marco.calviani@gmail.com>:
> Hi list,
>    i have a question regarding the use of global environmental
> variables: as root i've changed some variables inside /etc/env.d. I've
> updated the database with env-update and sourced them with source
> /etc/profile. For this changes to become available to all users i have
> to issue a source /etc/profile for every users AND also for future
> sessions. The changes become "standard" only if i reboot the machine.
> How is it possible to perform this changes for every users without
> rebooting?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> MC
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>
>
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Re: [gentoo-user] source /etc/profile valid for all current and future sessions

[Marco Calviani]

Hi Alan,
  well, sorry to all, it was my fault. you're completely right.

Regards,
mc
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