Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 17:34:22 -0600 From: Glenn Johnson <gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov> To: Kit <kit@hypostasis.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xterm,ssh and $PATH Message-ID: <19991130173422.A5634@symbion.srrc.usda.gov> In-Reply-To: <19991130235946.A7182@amethyst.hypostasis.com> References: <19991130235946.A7182@amethyst.hypostasis.com>
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On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 11:59:46PM +1300, Kit wrote:
> Hi I have a feeling that this may well be a question with an
> obvious answer. I am running 3.3 STABLE and Xfree86 3.3.5 (on
> three machines) I have just tried setting up ssh to forward for
> forwarding an xterm. However in the xterm I get my PATH set to
> /home/kit/bin:/bin/:usr/local/bin:/usr/localbin (The doubling of
> usr/localbin leads me to think that it might be being set in more than
> one place.) This is not the same as the .profile or .login paths and
> I can't find where it is set.
>
> Where would it be likely to be set and how can I change it? Apart
> from /etc/profile /etc/login .profile and .login where is the $PATH
> set? I am uncomfortable with the inclusion of the home/bin directory
> and would like to be able to disable it for these types of session. I
> am more uncomfortable with not knowing what the path is going to be.
Look in /etc/login.conf under the appropriate class which is probably
"default" in your case. There is a line to set the path there. After you
are finished editing this file you should run
'cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf'
Of course, your .login or .profile, depending on your shell, will
override this during normal login.
--
Glenn Johnson
Technician
USDA, ARS, SRRC
New Orleans, LA
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