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Subject: Re: path question
To: splyaski@cmp.com (Plyaskin Sergey)
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 15:54:40 +0100 (MET)
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In-Reply-To: <1995Oct04.094359.1151.275833@smtpgate.cmp.com> from "Plyaskin Sergey" at Oct 4, 95 09:46:40 am
From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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> 
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> I am running FreeBSD 2.1 July SNAP.
> As is, I have to use the absolute path in order to run my applications, for 
> example:
> ./usr/local/bin/httpd

This is not an absolute path, this is a relative path.

Send your .cshrc/.login and your passwd entry. Does this happen under 
'root'?
Something must be hosed on your side.

> Without that dot, it does not run even though I have /usr/local/bin in my 
> path.  If I add dot to my path, it works but I get the error message on 
> login: Exported path has relative components.  I also realize that including 
> dot in the path can be considered as a security hole.

Normally the 'root' user should not have . in his path. There should appear any
dots at all in your path statement besides a sole . for the normal user.

> Question:  is there any way of fixing that?  I want to be able to run things 
> without memorizing their locations.  Thanks.
> 
> splyaski@cmp.com
> Serge Plyaskin
> CMP Publications
> 
> 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de