bash not picking up ~/.pam_environment

[clearnote01]

Steps to reproduce ->

1. echo "FOO=foo" >> ~/.pam_environment
2. sudo login
3. echo $FOO # returns blank; expected output: foo

Use of ~/.pam_environment file?

Suitable files for environment variable settings that should affect just a particular user (rather than the system as a whole) are ~/.pam_environment and ~/.profile. After having edited one of those files, you should re-login in order to initialize the variables.

• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables

Windows build number: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19041.1]

[therealkenc]

[alexander-novo]

Can some light be shed on why this issue is marked as bydesign and closed? How are environment variables meant to be set on WSL?