environmental varianbles

[Kalin Mintchev]

hi all..

probablyt a stupid question:

how do i make environmental variables to stick?
if i do:
export JAVA_HOME="/path/to/jdk"

and then:

# env

i can see the java home defined. but if i log out and then log in again.
$JAVA_HOME desappeared from the env list. the same with PATH and others..
on rh8.0...

thanks...