From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jan 28 08:25:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA22299 for current-outgoing; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 08:25:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from atlantis.nconnect.net (root@atlantis.nconnect.net [206.54.227.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA22294 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 08:25:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from arabian.sylvester.com (archaeornithomimus.execpc.com [169.207.14.35]) by atlantis.nconnect.net (8.8.4/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA13190; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 10:17:17 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <32EE2884.41C67EA6@nconned.net> Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 10:25:40 -0600 From: Randy DuCharme X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chuck Robey CC: Joerg Wunsch , "Eric A. Griff" , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't get `.' off of root's path References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Chuck Robey wrote: > Perhaps, Joerg, but this is occurring on my newly booted smp machine, with > roots login, not even using su (on the console). I checked $PATH and > $path, and "." isn't in there. I keep on getting the message that the > path has relative components. Could this mean that there are some > relative symlinks involved? I find the same things as Mr. Robey. Furthermore, I've never found a need to modify the paths from their 'stock' forms on any of my affected machines. They exist totally as set-up from disk. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Randall D DuCharme Novell NetWare, Windows-NT and UNIX Computer Specialists Networking Sales, Service and Support N88 W16747 Appleton Ave Menomonee Falls WI 53051 414-253-9998 253-9919 (fax) -----------------------------------------------------------------------