Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 11:38:50 -0600 From: Glenn Johnson <glennpj@charter.net> To: Stan Brown <stanb@panix.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to customize path on a system wide bassis? Message-ID: <20020108173850.GA92446@gforce.johnson.home> In-Reply-To: <3C3B15A0.5060504@magpage.com> References: <200201081520.g08FKcO22317@panix2.panix.com> <3C3B15A0.5060504@magpage.com>
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On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 10:52:00AM -0500, Daniel Frazier wrote: > Stan Brown wrote: > > > Whats the best way to customize the PATH on a systemwide basssis? > > > > If I put it in /etc/rc, then whne I run mergemaster, I have to fix > > it every time. > > > > Looks like this should be a canidate for /etc/rc.conf, but > > /etc/defaults/rc.conf, does not list it as one of the possible > > customizations. > > > > Is there a better way to do this? > > > > /etc/login.conf or /etc/profile, but login.conf will apply to all > logins whereas /etc/profile only applies to sh(but I think bash reads > it too, check the man page) Be sure to run 'cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf' to rebuild /etc/login.conf.db after you edit the login.conf file. -- Glenn Johnson glennpj@charter.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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