problem with setting Java environment variables in Linux

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Leo - 21 Mar 2006 12:41 GMT

Dear All,

In root mode, I added following lines to /root/.bashrc

export JAVA_HOME=/opt/SUNWappserver
export CATALINA_HOME=/opt/tomcat

Later, I found that if I am not super user,
echo $JAVA_HOME returns blank.

Only in root mode,
echo $JAVA_HOME returns /opt/SUNWappserver

I thought anything in root is available to general users. Why is not
this time?

Thank you very much.

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James Westby - 21 Mar 2006 17:48 GMT

> Dear All,
>
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> I thought anything in root is available to general users. Why is not
> this time?

That's not true. This is the correct behaviour (on my distro at least).

James

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Gordon Beaton - 21 Mar 2006 17:49 GMT

> In root mode, I added following lines to /root/.bashrc

[...]

> I thought anything in root is available to general users. Why is not
> this time?

If you have questions about Linux or bash, there are more appropriate
groups than this one, which is about programming in Java.

That said, root is a user (much) like any other, so changes to root's
login files affect root only. If you want to change everyone's
environment, look for appropriate files in /etc.

/gordon

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