[PLUG] Setting an environment variable for servers on Linux...

[Fred Stluka <fred@bristle.com>]

PLUG folks,

What's the best way to set an environment variable on Linux, so that
it is found not only by shells, but also for servers processes like
Apache?

I have created:
    /etc/profile.d/hhl.sh
        export HHL_ENVIRONMENT=test
    /etc/profile.d/hhl.csh
        setenv HHL_ENVIRONMENT test
so now when any user logs in with any sh- or csh-based shell, the
env var is defined.

However, Apache and other servers are launched at boor time
via scripts and symlinks in /etc/rc.d, and they do NOT pick up
the env var.

Is there a single place to define it so all processes see it?  Or should
I just add the line:
    . /etc/profile.d/hhl.sh
to each of the appropriate files in:
    /etc/rc.d/init.d

I googled a bit and didn't find any better answer.

Any thoughts?  Thanks!
--Fred
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