How to load environment variables when using pct enter?

[jtpavlock]

It seems that when I enter a container using `pct enter` it does not load its environment variables.

I have tried setting environment variables within the container's `.profile` as well as the `/etc/environment/` file, but neither seem to work when I enter the container's shell using `pct enter`.

Is there a way to set environment variables within a container such that they will load when entering it's shell with `pct enter`?

 

[news]

Hello, I use .bash* files in the user directory,

 

[jtpavlock]

Thank you, using .bashrc works.

 

[aabraham]

It seems that when I enter a container using `pct enter` it does not load its environment variables.

I have tried setting environment variables within the container's `.profile` as well as the `/etc/environment/` file, but neither seem to work when I enter the container's shell using `pct enter`.

Is there a way to set environment variables within a container such that they will load when entering it's shell with `pct enter`?

You can find out which shell you are using by issuing the command echo $SHELL. If you are using a normal container as the root user, you can always set environment variables by modifying your "profile" file located at the path /etc/profile. Let's say you wanted to export an environment variable called MY_NAME, you would add the line export MY_NAME="aabraham" to your "profile" file. If you then use the "source" command on this file, you will able to test that setting the environment variable was successful by echoing out the value of the variable with the command echo $MY_NAME.