/etc/environment is not parsed

[Giuseppe Fuggiano]

2009/1/21 Alain Muls <alain.muls at telenet.be>:
> Hi
>
> I want to setup a global variable for http_proxy. Googling learned me to put
> it into /etc/environment and reboot the machine. So I did, but still, no
> proxy is set for me (or another user). Where should one put a global
> environmental variable?

Try  /etc/profile.

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Giuseppe Fuggiano