Is there a way to change the environment variables of another process in Unix?

Question

On Unix, is there any way that one process can change another\'s environment variables (assuming they\'re all being run by the same user)? A general solution would be best,

Answer 1

Or get your process to update a config file for the new process and then either:

• perform a kill -HUP on the new process to reread the updated config file, or
• have the process check the config file for updates every now and then. If changes are found, then reread the config file.