Re: Bash Shell & Perl Library Path

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Re^2: Bash Shell & Perl Library Path by Anonymous Monk on Jun 28, 2009 at 03:10 UTC
How can I set it globally for everyone?	[reply]
Re^3: Bash Shell & Perl Library Path by tomfahle (Priest) on Jun 28, 2009 at 07:48 UTC
For Login-Shells its /etc/bash.bashrc - This is is the system-wide version of the ~/.bashrc file. Ubuntu is configured by default to execute this file whenever a user enters a shell or the desktop environment. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables for the glory details.	[reply]
Re^4: Bash Shell & Perl Library Path by afoken (Chancellor) on Jun 28, 2009 at 11:55 UTC
But that won't help if the /home/myname directory is not crossable for other users. It depends on the Linux distribution. Some set mode 0755 (rwxr-xr-x) for user directories, others 0751 (rwxr-x--x), 0750 (rwxr-x---), or even 0700 (rwx------). Some distributions stuff all users into a group named users, others create a new group for each new user. I don't know what Ubuntu does. If all users are in the same group, the directory must be group crossable (chmod g+x), if users are in different groups, it must be world crossable (chmod o+x). The perl_modules subdirectory needs at least these permmissions, and perhaps also read permissions are required. (chmod g+r or chmod o+r). Anyway, this looks like a stupid idea to me. Global resources don't belong into user directories. Do we have an XY Problem here? Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply]
Re^5: Bash Shell & Perl Library Path by oko1 (Deacon) on Jun 28, 2009 at 15:14 UTC
Re^6: Bash Shell & Perl Library Path by afoken (Chancellor) on Jun 28, 2009 at 18:36 UTC
Re^3: Bash Shell & Perl Library Path by Anonymous Monk on Jun 28, 2009 at 05:04 UTC
Install the module as root	[reply]