/etc/profile

geomonap · 08-15-2005, 11:47 AM

Hello all:
I would like a particular user to not to source its path from the /etc/profile file. I added a PATH variable in the user's .bash_profile file but when I echo $PATH as the user, the account still sources the PATH from the /etc/profile file. I added the following lines to the .bash_profile file of the account

PATH=/usr/xxx/xxx
export PATH

How can I force the account to source its path only from what is specified in the .bash_profile file ?

Regards

Gm

TruckStuff · 08-15-2005, 12:06 PM

Please post the entire ~/.bash_profile

Xris718 · 08-15-2005, 12:08 PM

# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi

# User specific environment and startup programs

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/usr/bin/:/usr/local:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:.

export PATH
unset USERNAME

Xris718 · 08-15-2005, 12:09 PM

oh no sorry wrong post ignore my bash_profile

Half_Elf · 08-15-2005, 12:09 PM

what if you add PATH="" _before_ the PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/usr/bin/:/usr/local:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:.
in .bash_profile ?

Xris718 · 08-15-2005, 12:13 PM

how would the whole thing look?

geomonap · 08-15-2005, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TruckStuff
Please post the entire ~/.bash_profile

Here is how my .bash_profile file looks ( the path is just an example )
# more .bash_profile
PATH=/usr/bin
export PATH

In Solaris, this would work but it doesn't seem to work in linux. Any ideas on what I need to do so that the user just has the path mapped which is specified in the .bash_profile file. Right now, it completely igores the path specified in the .bash_profile file and gets it from the /etc/profile file.

regards,
Gm

Half_Elf · 08-15-2005, 01:06 PM

bash use the first found of the following : ~/.bash_login , ~/.profile , ~/.bash_profile.

If you have .bash_login or .profile, ~/.bash_profile will be completly ignored (unless you use something like "source ~/.bash_profile" or a trick like this in the .profile or .bash_login).
Make sure you don't have those files if you want to use .bash_profile.

geomonap · 08-15-2005, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Half_Elf
Make sure you don't have those files if you want to use .bash_profile.

the only files I have in the user's home directory are
.bash_profile
.bash_history
.bash_logout
.ssh

Any ideas?

-GM

Half_Elf · 08-15-2005, 01:51 PM

if you put something like echo "TEST TEST TEST TEST" in your .bash_profile, it is not executed, is it?

What's your bash version and distribution?

geomonap · 08-15-2005, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Half_Elf
if you put something like echo "TEST TEST TEST TEST" in your .bash_profile, it is not executed, is it?

No it is not executed

Quote:

What's your bash version and distribution?

GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i386-redhat-linux-gnu)