Bug 66698

Summary:	systemd.setenv appears not to do its job in Fedora 19 Live
Product:	systemd	Reporter:	probono <probono>
Component:	general	Assignee:	systemd-bugs
Status:	RESOLVED NOTOURBUG	QA Contact:	systemd-bugs
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86 (IA32)
OS:	Linux (All)
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i915 platform:		i915 features:

Description probono 2013-07-08 14:02:16 UTC

I am running a Fedora 19 Live system and I am trying to use systemd.setenv to set an environment variable that I would hope is passed all the way through to the user logged into Live system.

[liveuser@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release 
Fedora release 19 (Schrödinger’s Cat)

[liveuser@localhost ~]$ cat /proc/cmdline 
... systemd.setenv=FOO=BAR ...

[liveuser@localhost ~]$ env | grep FOO

--> Nothing - I would have expected FOO=bar

Comment 1 Lennart Poettering 2013-09-12 17:39:52 UTC

what does "systemctl show-environment" print?

Note that login session start with a reset environment block. systemd.setenv= hence only has an effect on system services.

Comment 2 probono 2013-09-14 09:25:26 UTC

Then it is not what I am looking for. I was hoping to be able to
override GNOME defaults, e.g., the keyboard and language, on stock
Fedora Live CDs. Is there another suggested way to do this?

Comment 3 probono 2013-09-14 09:29:35 UTC

[liveuser@localhost ~]$ env | grep FOO
[liveuser@localhost ~]$ systemctl show-environment | grep FOO
FOO=BAR

Comment 4 Lennart Poettering 2013-09-17 14:49:41 UTC

There's no way I was aware of I fear that would infleunce GNOME's kbd selection...

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