On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:40:50 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED wrote: >> On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:59:44 +0100, Sharpe, Sam J wrote: >> >> [...] >>> If you look at /etc/init.d/httpd, you will see: >>> >>> if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/httpd ]; then >>> . /etc/sysconfig/httpd >>> fi >>> >>> So the initialisation script sources that file. If you want to set >>> Environment variables that are available when Apache starts, it would >>> make sense to try adding those variables to /etc/sysconfig/httpd - it >>> might do what you want for minimal effort... >>> >>> >> If that would work, then I could just as well export the variable from >> /etc/init.d/httpd . I just tried that and the web server started, but >> the variable was not available in the bash shell, so I am still stuck >> with setting it in two places. >> > What does /etc/sysconfig/httpd look like? Is it possible that you are > using the wrong format? You do not really want to change the > /etc/init.d/httpd scipt, as an update will probably kill the changes. > > Mikkel [...] It is only comments, but in any case, as mentioned above, it will not meet the requirement of having the variable defined in exactly one place. Mike. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
