NEED HELP, define global enviroment variables in SUSE

[KingMing]

I am getting mad. I have several enviroment variables need to be defined like other global variables such as PATH, SHELL, HOME,etc. I have tried to add the definition in many files, such as /etc/profile, /etc/csh.login..., but none of them works. What I want is, each time I login as a root, and those variables should be available like PATH,SHELL,HOME. So could you please help me ？ Thank you very much

I am using SUSE 10.1

[devils casper]

define those variables in root's .bashrc file.

vi /root/.bashrc

Casper

[KingMing]

I have set my default shell as tcsh. Even though I do not, .bashrc also does not work. I have tried many times.

[devils casper]

how did you define variables? you have to log out and login back after defining variables.




Casper

[KingMing]

i use export to define variables. After I define them, I closed the terminal and then open another one, but the newly defined variables are not there. Do I have to reboot the machine?

By the way, I have solved the problem by putting a sh file in /etc/profile.d/. After rebooting the machine, the variables are there. However, when I logon from another machine by ssh, I cannot get the variables on that machine unless I re-define them. Could you tell me the reason or how I can get those variables automatically like PATH SHELL HOME by ssh logging on? Thanks.