System-wide environment>>LAB QUESTION 8

dapsonrock · April 4, 2024, 6:11pm

Can someone please help me understand why solution displayed isn’t recognized?

Thanks a million!!!

al1 · April 4, 2024, 9:02pm

I just did this task and it passed. Can you share your environment file please?

dapsonrock · April 5, 2024, 5:50am

Hi @al1,
find attached. Please let me know if you need more information.
Appreciate your feedback.
Thanks

al1 · April 5, 2024, 8:03am

You don’t need to put export and the value does not have to be in quotes.

dapsonrock · April 8, 2024, 5:53pm

@al1 ,
My bad, I should have tried that option but I observed the following:

Printenv GLOBALOPTION yield no result.
2)Echo $GLOBALOPTION yield result.

Any idea why?

Thanks

al1 · April 8, 2024, 6:18pm

Because the loading of env vars already happened when you login. When you update /etc/environment it only applies to users who login after the file was modified.

To see it in your current shell you need to run source /etc/environment

dapsonrock · April 11, 2024, 5:36am

Hi @al1,
I have revised the lab again but the issue still exists. I am curious because when I use the “export” command, the issue does not exist (see previous screenshot).

al1 · April 11, 2024, 8:46am

Variables set in /etc/environment are globally available but not listed by export because they are imported by the session manager, not exported by the shell, unlike variables set with export in shell sessions.