Re: paths and su

1998-01-03 Thread Adam Klein
On Fri, Jan 02, 1998 at 03:12:37PM -0600, Alex Romosan wrote: > > however when I su to root I get a path like this... > > > > /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin > > > > I am not modifying the path in any environment files such as > > ...bash_profile -- what

Re: paths and su

1998-01-02 Thread Alex Romosan
> however when I su to root I get a path like this... > > /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin > > I am not modifying the path in any environment files such as > ...bash_profile -- what is resetting my path?? > i had the same problem on some of the machines

Re: paths and su

1997-12-29 Thread Martin Bialasinski
On Tue, 23 Dec 1997, Tim Ferrell wrote: > Nope, I double checked this to be sure. I have only aliases in my > bashrc files (global, user, and root). I am inclined to think that this > is being set by a default config file somewhere though, because of the > inclusion of /usr/bin/X11 - I always refe

Re: paths and su

1997-12-23 Thread Tim Ferrell
On 22 Dec, Bob Nielsen let loose with: --> Could it possibly be that the environment when you su is set by --> /root/.bashrc rather than /root/bash_profile? --> --> Bob Nope, I double checked this to be sure. I have only aliases in my bashrc files (global, user, and root). I am inclined to think

Re: paths and su

1997-12-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, 22 Dec 1997, Tim Ferrell wrote: > As a recent Debian convert (from Red Hat) I am finding myself a bit > disoriented at times... my latest question concerns su and paths. When > I su to root my path does not end up being what I expect it too and I > can't figure out exactly what is setting