/etc/environment is not parsed

[Brian]

On Wed 21 Jan 2009 at 14:25:03 +0100, Alain Muls wrote:

> 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?

Wherever you put (I'd use $HOME/.bashrc) there is need to reboot.
Logging out of the account and back in again should be sufficient for it
to be picked up.