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I tried that, ran source /etc/bash.bashrc, nothing changed (for visudo at least). What is supposed to be the difference? I thought if the files are sourced, it's the same with and without export, am I wrong?

Lev Levitsky
– Lev Levitsky

2012-12-13 11:13:17 +00:00
Commented Dec 13, 2012 at 11:13
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@LevLevitsky You're mistaken. Exporting a variable makes it part of the shell's environment, and thus, is propagated to children upon fork(). Without export, that doesn't happen (the variable exists in the shell, but is not propagated to its children).

Chris Down
– Chris Down

2012-12-13 11:14:11 +00:00
Commented Dec 13, 2012 at 11:14
That's good to know, but visudo still behaves the same way. Is there another reason for that?

Lev Levitsky
– Lev Levitsky

2012-12-13 12:09:54 +00:00
Commented Dec 13, 2012 at 12:09

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