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I have created a linux service that runs as a deamon (and gets started from /etc/init.d/X). I need to set some environment variables that can be accessed by the application.

Here's the scenario. The application is a bunch of Perl AGI scripts that depend on (and therefore need to run as) asterisk user but asterisk doesn't have a shell. Ideally I'd just set this in /home/asterisk/.bashrc but that doesn't exist for asterisk.

How can I set environment variables for my app in the asterisk user's running environment so that my app can use them?

Update: Changed the title to show am using Debian.

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    possible duplicate of How do you set an environment variable for all users on Fedora? Commented Oct 6, 2010 at 6:36
  • Could you tell us what is your OS? Commented Oct 6, 2010 at 6:51
  • @Casual: Linux. Commented Oct 6, 2010 at 6:51
  • Ok. I was asking domino. Your answer is related to Fedora. Maybe domino is using different distribution where init scripts are not configured in /etc/sysconfig Commented Oct 6, 2010 at 6:59
  • @Casual - I am using debian. @Ignacio - thanks for the link it helped me know what to look for, for a debian distro. Found the answer and posted it below. Commented Oct 6, 2010 at 7:52

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Found the solution. For debian distro creating the file /etc/default/myservice and then adding the environment variables using the syntax export VAR=value

then sourcing the file from /etc/init.d/myservice using

[ -r /etc/default/myservice ] && . /etc/default/myservice solved the problem

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