Linux_UBUNTU_EnvironmentVariables

Posted 2020-10-03 tlfox_2006

/etc/environment 　/etc/profile　　~/.profile 　　/etc/bash.bashrc　　~/.bash　　/etc/motd　　~/.pam_environment

 

Script

/etc/bash.bahrc　　# for all users

~/.bash　　　　　　# for individual user

~/bash_profile

 

Shell config files such as ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, and ~/.bash_login are often suggested for setting environment variables. While this may work on Bash shells for programs started from the shell, variables set in those files are not available by default to programs started from the graphical environment in a desktop session.

 

Configuration File:

/etc/environment　　　　#This file is specifically meant for system-wide environment variable settings. It is not a script file, but rather consists of assignment expressions, one per line.

~/.pam_environment 　　#This file is specifically meant for setting a user‘s environment. It is not a script file, but rather consists of assignment expressions, one per line.

 

Enivronment Variable

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables#Manipulating_environment_variables_and_values

 

Difference between bash.bashrc and /etc/environment file 

https://askubuntu.com/questions/150789/difference-between-bash-bashrc-and-etc-environment-file

 

Difference between /etc/environment and .profile

https://askubuntu.com/questions/866161/setting-path-variable-in-etc-environment-vs-profile?noredirect=1

 

sequence of scripts sourced upon login

 https://askubuntu.com/questions/463462/sequence-of-scripts-sourced-upon-login

You seem to be logging in via ssh which means you‘re running an interactive login shell, see above for what that means. So, in summary, the things you care about that are sourced when you log in are (and in this order):

1. The SSH daemon, via the pam_motd module of the PAM library, displays the contents of /etc/motd. Via the pam_env module, it sets the environment variables from /etc/environment and ~/.pam_environment.
2. A login shell is started, and the following files are read in order:
   1. /etc/profile
   2. /etc/bash.bashrc (the default Ubuntu /etc/profile sources /etc/bash.bashrc).
   3. ~/.bash_profile. The other files that could have been read here (~/.profile and ~/.bash_login) are ignored because ~/.bash_profile exists.