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

Not as far as I know. Really you're trying to communicate from one process to another which calls for one of the IPC methods (shared memory, semaphores, sockets, etc.). Having received data by one of these methods you could then set environment variables or perform other actions more directly.