Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 09:18:18 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: randyd@nconnect.net (Randy DuCharme) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't get `.' off of root's path Message-ID: <Mutt.19970127091818.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <32EC203D.41C67EA6@nconnect.net>; from Randy DuCharme on Jan 26, 1997 21:25:49 -0600 References: <32EC203D.41C67EA6@nconnect.net>
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As Randy DuCharme wrote: > This is driving me berserk! I've taken every `path' statement out > of root's startup files and I still keep getting .... > > Warning: Imported path contains relative components. > > whenever I log in as root. Yes, that's because the _imported_ PATH contains relative elements. The message is spit out by su(1), hence the new shell is not yet in effect. su(1) simply doesn't know whether the PATH will be okay after starting the root shell (i.e., whether root's .cshrc will be smart enough). You need to take out the relative component out of the current user's PATH, or you gotta live with the warning. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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