linuxmint / linuxmint/cinnamon-session
users should be able to set environment variables in cinnamon-session
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- Dominant language
- C
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- 31
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- 41
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Description
There appears to be no way for an individual user to be able to set an environment variable in their cinnamon-session (i.e. such that all child processes inherit that variable).
Variables in /etc/environment are set into the users' cinnamon-session but users ought to be able to (a) do this without asking root to help and (b) set variables for only their own session and not every users' sessions.
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Research direction
Start by tracing how /etc/environment is incorporated into cinnamon-session and how the session environment reaches child processes. Define a per-user mechanism that does not require root access or affect other users, then verify that variables are inherited by processes launched in that session.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100