problem with setting Java environment variables in Linux

[Leo]

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.

 

[James Westby]

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?

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


James

 

[Gordon Beaton]

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