This appears to be the case. I'm not a python programmer, but a quick google shows that you've assigned a reference, because the type is mutable. So var1 and var2 are references to the same object ...

Variables and Statements Part of the power of a computing environment lies in the ability to store, manipulate, and recall information. This is done using variables and statements. Variables A ...

The problem is, the python script can only see them when I run the script manually from the shell (so I know that the code is correct). When it starts from the rc.local file, it can't see the ...