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Date:      Mon, 19 Aug 2002 13:56:49 +0100
From:      Daniel Bye <dan@slightlystrange.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: login classes and setenv
Message-ID:  <20020819125649.GB51236@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020819022501.25575.qmail@web12803.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20020819022501.25575.qmail@web12803.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 07:25:01PM -0700, Hans Zaunere wrote:
> 
> I have edited the default login class in /etc/login.conf to include my
> own setenv.
> 
> This:
> 
> :setenv=MAIL=/var/mail/$,BLOCKSIZE=K,FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=YES:\
> 
> became:
> 
> :setenv=MYVAR=myvalue,MAIL=/var/mail$,BLOCKSIZE=K,FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=YES:\
> 
> Now when root logs in, MYVAR is set to myvalue.  However when any other
> user logs in (which are all set to the default class, by way of not
> having one specified; same as root) no variables are set.  Not even the
> FTP_PASSIVE_MODE variable gets set in the regular users.
> 
> Any ideas?

Did you do cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf after editing the config file?
I have also edited the default setenv line, and it works fine.

Dan

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