On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:49 PM, <aurfalien at gmail.com> wrote: > I've been setting custom env vars for Apache 1 of 2 ways; > > 1 - Changing the passwd file so Apache has a shell and loading a > custom .bashrc file. > > 2 - Using the SetEnv directive in my httpd.conf file. > > I'm crazy about neither one as they both have limitations; > > 1 - I don't like giving Apache its own shell. > > 2 - The SetEnv directive only takes 2 args so if I have a var with > multiple values like a path, it won't work. > > What's the cleanest way to set complex env vars for Apache? I put "export FOO=bar" in /etc/sysconfig/httpd and then PassEnv FOO in httpd.conf. Then scripts (PHP in my case) run by apache inherit FOO in the environment. I can't speak for python though. Don't know why it wouldn't work with what you call complex vars. -- Jeff