sbin and PATH
Matt Zimmerman
mdz at canonical.com
Wed Sep 8 21:41:50 CDT 2004
On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 08:06:06PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 11:52:33AM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 07:35:51PM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > > 1. Add {,/usr{,/local}}/sbin to the default PATH and be done with it
> >
> > This seems to be the consensus. Unfortunately, setting the default path is
> > historically a nightmare in Unix-ish systems. I think we need to change at
> > least the following:
> >
> > - /etc/profile
> > - /etc/login.defs
> > - other shell init files (zsh?)
> > - anything else?
>
> - sshd (compiled in)
I'm content to leave that one alone. It'll be overridden by the shell by
default.
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- mdz
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