From owner-freebsd-user-groups Mon Aug 16 8:20:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-user-groups@freebsd.org Received: from computemp.telegraph.net (consultis.com [151.185.201.86]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1B7614E60; Mon, 16 Aug 1999 08:20:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from timm@consultis.com) Received: from consultis.com ([63.14.196.33]) by computemp.telegraph.net (Netscape Mail Server v1.1) with ESMTP id AAA245; Mon, 16 Aug 1999 11:15:09 -0400 Message-ID: <37B82BC1.AA97E7A9@consultis.com> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 08:18:25 -0700 From: timm@consultis.com (Tim McCarey) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Korvus [PINE]" Cc: dmp@aracnet.com, Eric Hodel , Ng Kok Leong , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-user-groups@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: path References: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------98887FB233D63CF24652A8ED" Sender: owner-freebsd-user-groups@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------98887FB233D63CF24652A8ED Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit PLEASE TAKE ME OFF YOUR DISTRIBUTION LIST OR SPAM LIST. "Korvus [PINE]" wrote: > i believe "su -" will work as well > > On Sun, 15 Aug 1999 dmp@aracnet.com wrote: > > > Eric Hodel wrote: > > > > > > Ng Kok Leong wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I am new to FreeBSD and currently I am working with FreeBSD3.2. > > > > May I know where can I set the directory path so that I do not have > > > > to go to the directory where the file resides in order to access it? > > > > I have tried to set the PATH variable in the .profile file but this does > > > > > > If you are using sh, you can set your path in the .profile, but this > > > will only run on a login shell. If you have root using the sh shell, it > > > won't pick up the sbin directories if you su. > > > > The -l flag makes su behave like a login shell. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-user-groups" in the body of the message --------------98887FB233D63CF24652A8ED Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="timm.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Timmothy M. McCarey Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="timm.vcf" begin:vcard n:McCarey;Timmothy M. tel;fax:480/947-6877 tel;home:623/978-2005 tel;work:480/947-6818 x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:Consultis of Phoenix, Inc. version:2.1 email;internet:timm@consultis.com title:Branch Manager adr;quoted-printable:;;6900 E. Camelback Road=0D=0ASuite 805=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0A;Scottsdale;AZ;85251;USA fn:Timmothy M. McCarey end:vcard --------------98887FB233D63CF24652A8ED-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-user-groups" in the body of the message