title: /etc/environment not being read
body: <p>I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit.</p>
  
  <pre><code>cat /etc/environment
  PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games"
  RAILS_ENV=production
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>yet </p>
  
  <pre><code>echo $RAILS_ENV
  &lt;blank&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've got another VPS that this works properly on.  Only difference I can think of is root login and password logins are disabled on the non-working server.  Exiting the ssh session and restarting the server do not solve the problem.</p>