Dear All,
I'm just wondering, Where are the configuration files for SuSE? for example In RedHat, you can edit .bash_profile for such system settings, but in SuSE you MUST go through YAST1 or YAST2. Is there a way to manually get access to configuration files? The graphical stuff is great, But I want to be able (for instance) to set my path without having to run YAST1 or YAST2. Can anyone help me?

NOTE: I'm running SuSE Linux Professional 7.3 kernel 2.4.10SMP (I have two processors).

Maybe you should actually try editing the file .bash_profile before posting here asking whether or not it works. If you had of tried it you would know that it does in fact work just as it does on just about every linux system on the planet and you would not be wasting both your time and mine with your previous post

HTH

Perhaps before being so sharp toned you should READ the post I made fully? READ it for god's sake! I quote myself:

I have looked all around in SuSE for such a file as .bash_profile and I couldn't find it. I even tried "find files" to look for it to no avail. Had I found the file to begin with don't you think I would have edited it?

it's either .profile or .bashrc.

Thanx rshaw. I have just looked through .profile and .bashrc and NONE of them make any reference to the System PATH variable. Do you know how I can find which file is reponsible for storing this variable? Again, .bash_profile doesn't seem to exist in my home directory.
Thanx for your help

just create your own .bash_profile in your home directory, it should get read when you login. Most distro's when you log in first look to see if /home/<username>/.bash_profile exsists if it does then it will use that, if it doesnt then it uses the default .profile I beleve in /etc.

Plz correct me if I'm wrong.

well in your homedir there is a .profile and a .bashrc.

Err well at least it's there in SuSE 7.2

In Suse 7.3 there IS a .bashrc and .profile located as such:

/home(username)/.bachrc
/home(usernmae)/.profile


NOTE that even though these files exist, they do NOT contain the configuration details I'm trying to get at, such as the system path. Can someone help me?

there's /etc/rc.config

remember to run /sbin/SuSEconfig if you change anything

Thanx rshaw. I looked through this file and found this section. I'm enclosing it in a quote to make it more readable
As this section describes, I should NOT edit this path If change the path for the user and root shells. My question is, How can I change the path such that it applies to user shells? For example, what if i wish to change the Java path? etc...
Your help and appreciation are much appreciated.

Thanx again for all your help rshaw. If you know the answer to my question above, please let me (and the people on this forum) know about it. Thanx

SuSE (at least in my 7.2) "sources" your .bashrc in .profile so whatever you put in .bashrc will be used for console logins too. You should therefore put any PATH or other environment variables in ~/.bashrc.

E.g. if you wanted to add /home/user/bin to your path, just put the following in your .bashrc:

export PATH=/home/user/bin:$PATH

$PATH will read the system PATH variable and tag it on the end, so any executable files in /home/user/bin will be run before those in the system path.

Cool! Thanx.I'm about to try what you have just saud. Thanx again