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From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To: Roger Merritt <mcrogerm@stjohn.ac.th>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: path in single-user mode
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* Roger Merritt <mcrogerm@stjohn.ac.th> [001018 02:46] wrote:
> I haven't had to boot up in single-user mode except for doing a 'make
> installworld' for quite a while now, but I notice that when I do the path
> doesn't include /sbin or /usr/sbin. I haven't been able to find how the
> default is set. Changing login.conf doesn't seem to have any effect.
> 
> What can I do so I don't have to enter 'PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin; export
> PATH' whenever I go into single-user? (well, I guess now that I'm reverting
> to tcsh I would have to use 'setenv', right?)

Don't change root's shell.

Use /etc/profile.

-Alfred


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