# Environment Variables in login script **URL:** \ **Category:** SLED Configure-Administer\ **Created:** [June 10, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/environment-variables-in-login-script/24052 "2013-06-10T22:18:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PatrickOS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@PatrickOS](https://forums.suse.com/u/PatrickOS)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/environment-variables-in-login-script/24052/1 "2013-06-10T22:18:42Z")
Is it possible to use environment variables in a login script on SLED? I have tried several things and searched the web with no solutions. ---
**Author:** ![ab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@ab1](https://forums.suse.com/u/ab1)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/environment-variables-in-login-script/24052/2 "2013-06-10T22:39:31Z")
Yes. Now I’m going to bet that ‘Yes’ is not what you were after, so having a bit more information about what you are trying to do with the login scripts may help get a better solution. You can do anything in a login script that you can do in your shell, assuming you and I are calling the same technologies login scripts (specifically the .profile and .bashrc files in a user’s home directory, or the system-wide equivalents, in my case). Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/environment-variables-in-login-script/24052/3 "2013-06-10T22:42:03Z")
> [@](#): > > On Mon 10 Jun 2013 07:24:01 PM CDT, PatrickOS wrote: > > Is it possible to use environment variables in a login script on SLED? I > have tried several things and searched the web with no solutions. Hi Yes, you can use /etc/profile.d/ to add your own scripts and then /etc/profile.local for sourcing. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 12.3 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.7.10-1.11-desktop up 3 days 3:00, 3 users, load average: 0.30, 0.16, 0.17 CPU AMD Athlon™ II P360@2.30GHz | GPU Mobility Radeon HD 4200 ---
**Author:** ![PatrickOS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@PatrickOS](https://forums.suse.com/u/PatrickOS)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/environment-variables-in-login-script/24052/4 "2013-06-10T22:49:22Z")
[QUOTE=ab;13955]Yes. Now I’m going to bet that ‘Yes’ is not what you were after, so having a bit more information about what you are trying to do with the login scripts may help get a better solution. You can do anything in a login script that you can do in your shell, assuming you and I are calling the same technologies login scripts (specifically the .profile and .bashrc files in a user’s home directory, or the system-wide equivalents, in my case). Good luck.[/QUOTE] I am attempting to pull in the users local home directory or $HOME variable to access a bash script that is located there, I should mention I am attempting to launch these from the Novell Client for linux. ---
**Author:** ![ab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@ab1](https://forums.suse.com/u/ab1)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/environment-variables-in-login-script/24052/5 "2013-06-10T22:57:13Z")
You’d likely be better-off asking this in the client for linux forum on [forums.novell.com](http://forums.novell.com) I think. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickOS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@PatrickOS](https://forums.suse.com/u/PatrickOS)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/environment-variables-in-login-script/24052/6 "2013-06-10T23:21:14Z")
Took me a while, but I found the appropriate forum. Thanks