On Fri, 14 Jun 2013, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > no "instead of" relationship between them. I don't understand why you > think there is. /etc/environment (and ~/.pam_environment) will be used > (via PAM) whether or not .profile exists for the user concerned. One is > executed by PAM, one is executed by a login shell.
It seems to be explained as an instead of situation in the wiki: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables#Session-wide_environment_variables So maybe that is in need of correction. > If you configure things so both /etc/environment *and* ~/.profile affect > the same variable, then ~/.profile is likely to "win", because (as far > as I know) it is executed later than /etc/environment. I would try to > avoid relying on that ordering, though. > > What you are describing about "/etc/environment takes effect if > there is no .profile" is not how things are supposed to work. > > If you have a situation where the existence of a file ~/.profile > suppresses the use of ~/.pam_environment at login, I need a clear > description of "steps to reproduce" so I can look into it... Both get used. Regards, /Lars -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
