Questions tagged [environment-variables]
Environment variables are configuration options that can be set in a shell or other similar environments. All programs started from within the shell can read them and configure themselves.
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Environment variables of a running process on Unix?
I need to troubleshoot some problems related to environment variables on a Unix system.
On Windows, I can use a tool such as ProcessExplorer to select particular a process and view values of each ...
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How do you add a Windows environment variable without rebooting?
I would like to add an Environment variable to a Windows machine (desktop or server) and be able to use it without rebooting that machine.
Say you have a production server which hosts a variety of ...
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Can the environment variables tool in Windows be launched directly?
Is there a more direct way to the environmental variables GUI than the following?
Right click 'My Computer' and select 'Properties'.
Click 'Advanced System Settings' link.
Click 'Advanced' tab.
Click ...
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CentOS /usr/local/lib system wide $LD_LIBRARY_PATH?
I install custom software in /usr/local/lib. How do I set the PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH in CentOS 6 system-wide to use /usr/local/lib. I realize there may be more than one way. What's the simplest and ...
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Is it possible to change value of $TERM when calling ssh?
On my local terminal, I have TERM=konsole-256color, but not all remote machine I connect to have this definition.
Is it possible to make ssh change the TERM on remote machine? Without changing .bash* ...
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What is the best place to setup system wide environment variables on Linux?
I just want to setup a system wide environment variable, JAVA_HOME for all users, including root user.
Requirements:
accessible to normal users
accessible to root
always loaded, not only for bash (...
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Use an environment variable in a launchd script
I'm curious if it's possible to specify an envrionment variable in the ProgramArguments portion of a luanchd script on Mac OS X Leopard.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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crontab execution doesn't have the same environment variables as executing user
I ran my crontab job 0 2 */1 * * /aScript >aLog.log 2>&1 as a 'root' user, and however I found the env is different from env of the 'root' user, and therefore experiencing a different ...
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Setting a variable for a given SSH host
In ssh_config, one can choose to export some environment variables to the host using SendEnv.
Is there also a way to force a given value for this variable, per host? For example, would it be possible ...
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Make IIS see updated environment PATH variable
We've installed Oracle Express on a Windows 2003 Server and in the process it updated the PATH. We're trying to get IIS to see this change in the PATH but we can't figure it out. We've recycled the ...
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How can I modify a user’s PATH environment variable without logging out?
The question pretty much says it all; I have users who do not have permission to edit their own PATH environment variable and if they need to have it modified for some reason, they need to log out so ...
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How to set environment variable for another user?
On Windows, how do I set an environment variable for a user other than the currently logged in one? I need to set the TMP variable to change the temporary directory used by an ASP.NET app.
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What are the advantages of putting secret values of a website as environment variables?
The devops guidelines at https://12factor.net/config suggest to put website secrets (database passwords, api keys, etc.) into environment variables. What advantages does that have instead of using ...
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Using environment variables in Kubernetes deployment spec
I currently use a Kubernetes spec Deployment.yaml for deploying a service. The spec includes a verbatim reference to a specific IP address (marked as <static-ip-address> below):
spec:
type: ...
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Running shell script with no environmental variables
As I know, newly running shell script inherits it's environment variables.
Is there a way to block this? (running shell without variable inheriting)
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How to change default /tmp to /home/user/tmp
Is there an environment variable to set the temporary directory on debian based systems?
I have a java applet that uses that environement variable and it's getting confused when launching two ...
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Is there a utility to read environment variables from an env file and then run a command (more lightweight than foreman)?
foreman can read .env files and set environment variables from the contents, and then run a program
e.g. foreman run -e vars.env myprogram
...but it does a lot of other things (and is primarily ...
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How to set $LD_LIBRARY_PATH in Ubuntu?
I need to do this:
On linux, we have to find a few
dynamic libraries which are not on a
standard location. We have to set
$LD_LIBRARY_PATH to /path/to/sdk/lib
How can I do that in Ubuntu 10....
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how to export VARs from a subshell to a parent shell?
I have a Korn shell script
#!/bin/ksh
# set the right ENV
case $INPUT in
abc)
export BIN=${ABC_BIN}
;;
def)
export BIN=${DEF_BIN}
;;
*)
export BIN=${BASE_BIN}
;;
esac
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SSH - set env vairables by every connection - godaddy shared host
My problem is, that I have to set env variables (like GIT_EXEC_PATH) on a server. I need that variables by every connection (so by bash and by remote commands either). I managed to set those variables ...
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How to use variables in a systemd service file?
I'm creating a service file for a daemon, and I would like to use variables (in init scripts I used environment variables) to define some parameters for the executed scripts. For example, I would like ...
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Why is "AcceptEnv *" considered insecure?
In /etc/ssh/sshd_config, there is an option called AcceptEnv that allows the ssh client to send environment variables. I need to be able to send a large number of environment variables. These change ...
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Security risks of PermitUserEnvironment in ssh
I've read quite a few posts regarding the use of PermitUserEnvironment and the file ~/.ssh/environment in order to pass env variables to an ssh shell. The official sshd docs and a few other resources ...
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Can I use nginx environment variables within static files that nginx serves?
If I use a environment variable in the nginx config, and nginx is configured to serve only static files (html,js,css - e.g. a AngularJs app), is there any way I can use the environment variable within ...
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Environment Variables in PATH Not Expanded for non-Admin Command Prompt?
I have a Windows 7 machine which, when Command Prompt is run by a normal user, fails to expand environment variables in the %PATH%. If command prompt is instead run as administrator (right click, Run ...
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What is the best way to set an environment variable in .bashrc?
When setting up a variable in .bashrc, should I use this?
export VAR=value
Or would this be enough?
VAR=value
What is exactly the difference (if there is one)?
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Can start-stop-daemon use environmental variables?
I need to daemonize a Windows app running in Wine, and create a pid in /var/run. Since it requires an X11 session to run, I need to make sure the $DISPLAY variable is set in the running user's ...
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Dynamically Authenticate Apache with LDAP Based on Request String?
It is possible to use a portion of the request URI as an input into mod_authnz_ldap's Require ldap-group directive?
I'm trying to dynamically check access to a bunch of different project directories, ...
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PYTHONPATH environment variable...how do I make every subdirectory afterwards?
I currently do this:
PYTHONPATH=/home/$USER:/home/$USER/respository:/home/$USER/repository/python-stuff
How can I make it so that the PYTHONPATH can include everything subdirectory?
PYTHONPATH = /...
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Getting environment variables in PHP-FPM with Nginx
I've defined some environment variables like APP_ENV in my /etc/environment file, on my ArchLinux.
If I type printenv, I see them.
I've created this simple test file called… test.php
<?php
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Environment variable in /etc/environment with pound (hash) sign in the value
On Ubuntu 12.04, I have an environment variable defined in /etc/environment like this:
FOO="value_before#value_after"
When I ssh into the server to check the value, I get this:
$ env | grep FOO
FOO=...
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How do I set the global PATH environment in a batch file?
The group policy in our environment overwrites the PATH variable every time I log on and, as I run a 'non-standard' computer, it gets it completely wrong (C:\Windows vs C:\WINNT, missing directories ...
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How do you set server specific ENV values in Nginx?
I am starting a project that uses environment variables to set the database connection and a couple other things. (They didn't want to use configuration files since people are careless and overwrite ...
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%ProgramFiles% differences on 64bit Windows
From a command prompt, I get the following:
>echo %ProgramFiles%
C:\Program Files
However, some applications (PHP in this instance, though I've seen the same behavior from within Apache's httpd....
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SSH: Behavior of SetEnv for TERM variable
I want to set the TERM environment variable to a different value for each of my remote machines, so i used SetEnv TERM=myTermForRemoteVar in ~/.ssh/config.
The remote machine still sees TERM=...
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Apache 2: SetEnvIf "IP Range"
In my Apache config I want to set an environment variable if I see that the visitor comes from an specific IP range. Currently I do it this way:
SetEnvIfNoCase Remote_Addr "^194\.8\.7[45]\." banned=...
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Configure php-fpm to access environment variables in docker
I'm running php7-fpm in a docker container. However my php scripts aren't able to access environments variables set in my docker-compose file. getenv('MY_ENV_VAR') returns FALSE.
I've changed /etc/...
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"service"-command and environment variables
I am trying to start a service that requires a env. variable to be set to certain path. I set this variable in "/etc/profile.d/". However when I start this service using the service command, it doesn'...
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Excluding Environment Variables from ZSH Autocomplete
Quick example:
~ $ wor<TAB>
~ $ WORDCHARS= ...
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Tomcat service does not see $JAVA_HOME
I'm trying to setup a Tomcat service with Systemd on CentOS 7.
I've installed Oracle Java 1.8u74 to /usr/java/jdk1.8.0_74 and set the environment variable $JAVA_HOME at boot like so:
# echo "export ...
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Passing variables to use in the preseed file for a Debian Jessie installation
Is it possible to add a variable via the boot prompt to the Debian installer, so that variable can be used in a preseed file?
In particular, I'm trying to solve the following problem:
We have a ...
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ssh configuration file environment variable?
I need to login into several remote ssh servers during my admin work. I work with three different computers client side, all of them are Debian GNU/Linux systems. I keep a workspace directory where I ...
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Setting Server Variables before Apache Loads
We have CentOS with Apache running on it. Basically, I have a few variables in /etc/environment and they're passed through to our Apache configs using PassEnv. The issue is that because Apache is ...
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Apache Custom Header with an environment variable
I try to set a custom HTTP Header with an environment variable** with Apache server 2.4.6 and headers_module.
I work inside a HTTP VHost on port 80.
Everything work as expected with basic example ...
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Setting %PATH% for a service?
I have a service which is installed that runs and executes certain commands periodically. It runs as the Local System account. The source code for the service is not under my control, but I do control ...
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Is there a way to control where a windows update extracts temporary files?
Working on a vendor built system, we've realized that OS partition (C:) they created was rather small (38 GB). The object is to update Windows 2008 R2 to SP1. Several sources state that 8 GB is ...
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authorized_keys Environment Variables Not Setting Environment Variables
I have created the file ~/.ssh/environment in there I put:
LEVEL=0
When I run a script over ssh to get the environment variable level it returns 0 like it should.
In the authorized_keys file I have ...
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Security implications of using relative paths in the PATH enivronmental variable?
We had an audit just flag us for having relative paths inside out $PATH env variable. I am uncertain if this is truly a security concern and would like to reach out to everyone to see if this is ...
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Cron job running a Django Python command through a virtual environment not working
I have a crontab file supposedly executing a Django command after loading the project virtual environment:
*/1 * * * * source /home/virtualenvs/mydjangoproject-venv/bin/activate && python /...
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Setting $PATH for weberver user
I tried to add $PATH for all users including the webserver user (i.e. www-data) with different methods such as editing /etc/profile, /etc/environment, etc. In all cases, it works in terminal, but not ...
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