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linux:environment_variables

Environment Variables

Share data with processes through named variables. Generally used for configuration, never for IPC.

Global configuration

/etc/environment: PAM (specifically pam_env) reads this and /etc/security/pam_env.conf

User configuration

  • Shell config files
  • systemd user environment variables in ~/.config/environment.d/*.conf
linux/environment_variables.txt · Last modified: by 127.0.0.1