[systemd-devel] [PATCH] man: Add a note about what environment variables are available by default.

[Kay Sievers]

On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Colin Guthrie <colin at mageia.org> wrote:
> This question was asked by a user trying to debug a problem with Java services
> which required JAVA_HOME to be set.
> ---
>  man/systemd.exec.xml | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml
> index c0e1d86..b78f255 100644
> --- a/man/systemd.exec.xml
> +++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml
> @@ -77,6 +77,13 @@
>                  configuration options are configured in the [Service],
>                  [Socket], [Mount], or [Swap] sections, depending on the unit
>                  type.</para>
> +
> +                <para>All processes are executed in a clean environment in
> +                which only the TERM, PATH, USER, and HOME variables are set
> +                by default.

They are just preserved, passed-along, not exported or set by default, isn't it?

Kay