I'm pretty confused. I tried all your suggestions and even added the echo
lines to the global initialization files. I then made a new user so he
would get fresh .bashrc and .bash_profile files. Here is the login screen:
Red Hat Linux release 5.0 (Hurricane)
Kernel 2.0.33 on an i586
ozenfant login: soriano
Password:
Last login: Sat May 30 16:53:37 on tty3
start.etc.profile: /usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:.
end.etc.profile: /usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:.:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/bin/mh
start.etc.bashrc:
/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:.:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/bin/mh
end.etc.bashrc: /usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:.:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/bin/mh
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[soriano@ozenfant soriano]$
On the line which begins start.etc.profile..., the "." is already added!
The /etc/profile.d/*.sh only add /usr/bin/mh. Could somebody else who is
using bash on RH5.0 try "echo $PATH" and see if there is a "." in the
path.
By the way root does not have "." in his path.
--
Ron Golan
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On Sat, 30 May 1998, Pete Peterson wrote:
>
> First of all, RH5.0, as distributed and updated, doesn't include "." in any
> user's PATH by default, even if you load "everything". This means that, if
> all users get this, either somebody has changed one of the global
> initialization files or some installed program has taken 'improper'
> liberties with the PATH setup.
>
> Since you mentione /etc/skel/.bash_profile, I assume that the users are all
> using bash, so we don't have to deal with all the other shell possibilities.
>
> There are two approaches:
>
> 1. You can find and fix where the "." is being inserted into the path.
> First check /etc/profile:
> If it hasn't been changed, it probably just ads /usr/X11R6/bin
> to the path
>
> Then check /etc/profile.d/*.sh. All these files get invoked from
> /etc/profile and may be the culprits. It's conceivable that
> something you installed after loading RH5.0 added a <something>.sh
> here that adds "." to PATH.
>
> Then check /etc/bashrc. There shouldn't be any PATH settings here,
> but check anyhow.
>
> Initially the users' ~/.bashrc and ~/.bash_profile should be just
> copies of /etc/skel/{.bashrc,.bash_profile}. Check that such is
> the case and that they aren't responsible for the PATH setting.
> Also check for ~/.bash_login and/or ~/.profile.
>
> You can narrow down *WHERE* the problem is by temporarily modifying
> /etc/profile, for instance to put
> echo "start.etc.profile: $PATH"
> at the beginning of /etc/profile, and
> echo "end.etc.profile: $PATH"
> at the end of /etc/profile. If "." isn't in the first and is in
> the second, that narrows down the possibilities. Similarly with
> some of the other init files if this doesn't narrow it down.
>
[snip]
>
>
> I'd be interested in hearing what you discover.
>
>
> pete peterson
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>
> > Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 21:43:42 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Ron Golan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Red Hat Linux Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: Scripts...
> > Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980529213239.5803C-100000@ozenfant>
> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
> >
> > While we are talking about paths, I have a question regarding default
> > paths for normal users. In RH5.0 /etc/skel/.bash_profile assigns the
> > following:
> >
> > PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
> > ^^^^^
> > this $PATH seems to be:
> >
> > /usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:.:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/bin/mh
> >
> > As you can see, it includes . Where can I edit this to remove it?
>
> > --
> > Ron Golan
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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