I have to set a environment variable to be used by a root who does not load the user profile, so I would like to set a environment variable before and profile is loaded? Can somebody give me hints how to find out how this works in Redhat 7.3 (the context is that I need to change the COLUMNS to 300 in order not to truncate the standard output when redirected) thanks in advance Jan -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list