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Unexpected directory in path, cannot find source

Hello all,

I have a problem with a directory in my PATH that should not be there. I have checked /etc/bashrc, /etc/profile, ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, and the two files that get sourced in by ~/.bashrc and cannot find the unwanted directory anywhere. Based on the order the directories are listed in my PATH, I think it is being inserted after /etc/bashrc and /etc/profile are called, but before ~/.bashrc and ~/.bash_profile are called. However, I cannot figure out how. Any ideas?

I realize I am probably missing something obvious, but at the moment I'm just spinning my wheels -- time to ask for help!

Oh, and in case it makes a difference: 64-bit RHEL 4.7 with bash shell (obviously).

Thanks,

Alan

I don't know what is happening since I don't have access to your profile files, but anyway if you want a quick and dirty solution, just add that command in your ~/.bashrc:
export PATH=$(echo $PATH|sed 's/:badpath://g')

Quote:

Originally Posted by alanhr (Post 3480482)

/etc/profile sourced files from /etc/profile.d/ directory.
Culprit can be here

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valery Reznic (Post 3481643)

/etc/profile sourced files from /etc/profile.d/ directory.
Culprit can be here

Thanks, I checked there but no luck.

I stopped sourcing the external files in my ~/.bashrc and now my PATH looks as it should. I still don't know where a couple of the entries (the ones that were duplicated before) are coming from.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agrouf (Post 3480530)

I don't know what is happening since I don't have access to your profile files,

Everything is very nearly just the RHEL defaults:

Code:

# /etc/profile



# System wide environment and startup programs, for login setup

# Functions and aliases go in /etc/bashrc



pathmunge () {

        if ! echo $PATH | /bin/egrep -q "(^|:)$1($|:)" ; then

          if [ "$2" = "after" ] ; then

              PATH=$PATH:$1

          else

              PATH=$1:$PATH

          fi

        fi

}



# Path manipulation

if [ `id -u` = 0 ]; then

        pathmunge /sbin

        pathmunge /usr/sbin

        pathmunge /usr/local/sbin

fi



pathmunge /usr/X11R6/bin after





# No core files by default

ulimit -S -c 0 > /dev/null 2>&1



USER="`id -un`"

LOGNAME=$USER

MAIL="/var/spool/mail/$USER"



HOSTNAME=`/bin/hostname`

HISTSIZE=1000



if [ -z "$INPUTRC" -a ! -f "$HOME/.inputrc" ]; then

    INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc

fi



export PATH USER LOGNAME MAIL HOSTNAME HISTSIZE INPUTRC



for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh ; do

    if [ -r "$i" ]; then

            . $i

    fi

done



unset i

unset pathmunge

Code:

# .bash_profile



# Get the aliases and functions

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then

        . ~/.bashrc

fi



# User specific environment and startup programs



PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin



export PATH

unset USERNAME

Code:

# /etc/bashrc



# System wide functions and aliases

# Environment stuff goes in /etc/profile



# by default, we want this to get set.

# Even for non-interactive, non-login shells.

if [ "`id -gn`" = "`id -un`" -a `id -u` -gt 99 ]; then

        umask 002

else

        umask 022

fi



# are we an interactive shell?

if [ "$PS1" ]; then

    case $TERM in

        xterm*)

                if [ -e /etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-xterm ]; then

                        PROMPT_COMMAND=/etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-xterm

                else

                    PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME%%.*}:${PWD/#$HOME/~}\007"'

                fi

                ;;

        screen)

                if [ -e /etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-screen ]; then

                        PROMPT_COMMAND=/etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-screen

                else

                PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033_${USER}@${HOSTNAME%%.*}:${PWD/#$HOME/~}\033\\"'

                fi

                ;;

        *)

                [ -e /etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-default ] && PROMPT_COMMAND=/etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-default

            ;;

    esac

    # Turn on checkwinsize

    shopt -s checkwinsize

    [ "$PS1" = "\\s-\\v\\\$ " ] && PS1="[\u@\h \W]\\$ "

fi



if ! shopt -q login_shell ; then # We're not a login shell

        for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh; do

            if [ -r "$i" ]; then

                . $i

            fi

        done

        unset i

fi

# vim:ts=4:sw=4

Code:

# .bashrc



# User specific aliases and functions



# Source global definitions

if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then

        . /etc/bashrc

fi



# Set up Pango for 64-bit environment by default.

#

export PANGO_RC_FILE=/etc/pango/pangorc64

As I said, I quit sourcing any external files. All they did, though, was append stuff onto the PATH.

Thanks for the advice,

Alan