03-06-2014
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Is it recommended to edit the file "/etc/environment" directly using vi ?
(like by adding some export something= value staements)
or
do we need to edit /etc/profile file
It is
highly recommended to use
vi for editing both of these files.
Still, putting "export"-statements into
/etc/environment will not work at all and just lead to ignored lines causing error messages. In
/etc/environment there are only three types of lines allowed:
1. comments
2. empty lines (white space is ok)
3. lines of the type "identifier=value", where <identifier> is any legal name for a shell variable and <value> is any legal content of same.
It is quite common to attempt the misuse of /etc/environment by adding all sorts of profile statements (export, if....then..., etc.), but all these will not work at all.
I hope this helps.
bakunin
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profile
profile(4) File Formats profile(4)
NAME
profile - setting up an environment for user at login time
SYNOPSIS
/etc/profile
$HOME/.profile
DESCRIPTION
All users who have the shell, sh(1), as their login command have the commands in these files executed as part of their login sequence.
/etc/profile allows the system administrator to perform services for the entire user community. Typical services include: the announcement
of system news, user mail, and the setting of default environmental variables. It is not unusual for /etc/profile to execute special
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The file $HOME/.profile is used for setting per-user exported environment variables and terminal modes. The following example is typical
(except for the comments):
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# Set terminal type
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while :
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elif [ -f /usr/share/lib/terminfo/?/$TERM ]
then break
else echo "invalid term $TERM" 1>&2
fi
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read TERM
done
# Initialize the terminal and set tabs
# Set the erase character to backspace
stty erase '^H' echoe
FILES
$HOME/.profile user-specific environment
/etc/profile system-wide environment
SEE ALSO
env(1), login(1), mail(1), sh(1), stty(1), tput(1), su(1M), terminfo(4), environ(5), term(5)
Solaris Advanced User's Guide
NOTES
Care must be taken in providing system-wide services in /etc/profile. Personal .profile files are better for serving all but the most
global needs.
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