On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 21:34 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: > Does /etc/profile when the system starts up or does it only execute when > a user logs in? This is the system-wide default profile for all users. Use it to set things you need everyone to have. There's also /etc/profile.d/ that contains scripts to set up for particular apps. > I need to set my JAVA_HOME variable for Tomcat when the > system starts up. In my /etc/rc.d/rc.local file I have: > > JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java.sdk > export JAVA_HOME /etc/rc.d/rc.local is for things that need to be customized to run at boot that don't support SysVinit (/etc/init.d/...) scripts, not for user customization. > > but when I try to startup Tomcat from the command line as root I get: > > The JAVA_HOME environment variable is not defined > This environment variable is needed to run this program > > > I "echo $JAVA_HOME" and it give me blank lines, as if $JAVA_HOME was > never set. I am doing this right, aren't I? The usual place to set environment variables for a user would be in ~/.bash_profile Phil
