For new users which command for executables shows as /bin instead of /usr/bin

kirushna · 10-30-2016, 06:47 PM

Hi all,

I am using RHEL7. After creating 2 users which commands shows as /bin instead of /usr/bin. for 1 user it is /bin and another user it shows as /usr/bin, why?

From user1 - which command shows as /usr/bin
From user2 - which command shows as /bin

example,one of the executable gcc, $which gcc give the output as follows,
User1 - /usr/bin/gcc
user2 - /bin/gcc

How to make user2 to get executables for which commands from /usr/bin?

Kindly share your inputs.

rknichols · 10-30-2016, 08:08 PM

In RHEL 7, /bin is just a symlink to /usr/bin, so it doesn't really matter which one is in the PATH variable.

kirushna · 10-30-2016, 08:18 PM

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, I accept that but for us this is one of the pre-requirement for a installing an application.

We are facing an issue with application and pointer to the issue is mentioned as need to change from /bin to /usr/bin for that user.

How to do that?

We created both users using, useradd <username>

rknichols · 10-30-2016, 11:43 PM

You can set any PATH you want in each user's ~/.bash_profile. Since you presumably have not done that, I have no idea why different users would be getting a different PATH. What does "echo $PATH" return for each of those users?