> > Hi all, > > > > I run Debian Potato (Kernel 2.2.17) with Gnome and sawmill as Window > > Manager. I use the Gnome Display Manager for graphical loggin. > > > > Last week, I decide to uninstall gdm. > > Just after unsinstall, I discovered a (small) problem on my system when > > login into bash : the root's PATH is not set as it was before. The root PATH > > doesn't contain /sbin;/usr/sbin anymore. > > I took a look at the config file from gdm and saw that the PATH for root was > > correctly set in this file. > > > > I checked /etc/profile and /root/.bash_profile but the PATH isn't set in any > > of these file for root user. > > However, I can remenber that my system was running correctly before I > > decided to use gdm. So the right config files must have been overwriten or >> lost. I can't remenber if I've modified root's .bash_profile for example. > > > > So, here come my question : > > Could someone send me root's dot configuration file (.bash_profile at > > least). > > Is there a .profile for root just after a freshly install > > > > Or better, has someone been confronted to the same problem ? > > Is this due to gdm ? > >
> You must have sash installed. This can be tested by doing an "su" from > the command line. If sash is installed, then root's login shell will > not include /sbin;/usr/sbin, but "su" will give root a proper shell > including /sbin;/usr/sbin AFAIK, this feature is intended to be a last line of > defense against some rootkits and against hackers who are unaware of > sash. > I believe that you can set a different password for the full featured > root > shell, but I have been unable to make this work. I'm not eleet 3n0ugh I > guess. I'm going to be trying again when I add a new box (new toys, > yay, > being employed isn't all that bad after all.) to my playground next > week. > -- > Paul T Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Unfortunately, I'm not running sash... Could someone send me the original root's dotfile (.bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile) and eventually /etc/profile or give me the name of the package that contains those files. I'm very surprised by this PATH configuration. I wasn't running gdm at the beginning and I'm quite sure that /sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin were in root's PATH (I could lunch dselect and use dselect without exporting a new PATH manually. Uninstalling gdm does not recover the initial state ??? What is this shit ?
