add to path

towel401 · 12-05-2005, 06:02 PM

for some reason /sbin and /usr/sbin arent in the path.. when i looked for a way to add them their config files seemed a completely different format

Code:

# 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 [ $EUID = 0 ]; then
        pathmunge /sbin
        pathmunge /usr/sbin
        pathmunge /usr/local/sbin

it only lists the paths that arnt listed, can i just get rid of the /sbin and /usr/sbin lines and it will work? why are they not in there by default anyway, on mepis they were why not on fc4?

reddazz · 12-05-2005, 06:07 PM

For security reasons /sbin and related directories are usually only in roots path. You can add them to your path by adding them to the PATH section in your ~/.bash_profile.

thammerlund · 07-23-2006, 10:14 PM

I want to add the PATH to my new installation of java I just installed. (I used Sun's installation instructions)

I found that I need to add it to the PATH section in my ~/.bash_profile. I have 2 questions about this.

1) If I add it to root's .bash_profile, will it go to everyone's? Or do I have to edit each user's PATH?

2) How do I edit the .bash_profile file? Mine looks like:

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

Thank you for your help!
Tom

IBall · 07-23-2006, 10:38 PM

1. If you change root's .bash_profile, it will only apply to root. If you want to make system-wide changes, then edit /etc/profile (as root).

2. Open ~/.bash_profile in your favourite text editor. I will assume that you installed Java to /usr/java (subsitute for wherever you actually installed it) Change the line PATH=... to look like:

Code:

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/usr/java/bin

Then run the command

Code:

source ~/.bash_profile

to apply the changes to your current shell.

Run "java --version" to check that it is installed correctly.

I hope this helps
--Ian