Hi!
Each time I log in to my account as a user on a unix network, I receive the following message:
Word too long
I checked on google many times and the most common answer to this was that the path definition was too long. In fact, when I echoed my path, it was too long... In fact, it was repeating itself!
[arobic@zandra: ~]$ echo $PATH
/canada/zampa03/arobic/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:
/usr/lib/java/bin:/canada/zampa03/arobic/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:
/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/usr/lib/java/bin:/usr/games/bin:/usr/games:/opt/gnome/bin:
/opt/kde/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:.:/usr/lib/pgsql/bin:/opt/pilotsdk/bin:.:
/canada/zampa03/arobic/bin:/cern/pro/bin:/zeus/bin:/usr/local/gnu/bin:
/usr/local/bin:/usr/sue/bin:/usr/afsws/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin/X11:
/afs/desy.de/common/usr/local/bin:/afs/desy.de/common/usr/local/X11/bin:
/afs/desy.de/products:/afs/desy.de/group/zeus.zsmsm/ZEUSSysSoft/cmd/bin:
/afs/desy.de/group/zeus.zsmsm/ZEUSSysSoft/cmd:.:/afs/desy.de/user/a/arobic/bin:
/cern/pro/bin:/zeus/bin:/usr/local/gnu/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sue/bin:
/usr/afsws/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin/X11:/afs/desy.de/common/usr/local/bin:
/afs/desy.de/common/usr/local/X11/bin:/afs/desy.de/products:
/afs/desy.de/group/zeus.zsmsm/ZEUSSysSoft/cmd/bin:
/afs/desy.de/group/zeus.zsmsm/ZEUSSysSoft/cmd:.:
/canada/zampa03/arobic/bin:/cern/pro/bin:/zeus/bin:/usr/local/gnu/bin:
/usr/local/bin:/usr/sue/bin:/usr/afsws/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin/X11:
/afs/desy.de/common/usr/local/bin:/afs/desy.de/common/usr/local/X11/bin:
/afs/desy.de/products:/afs/desy.de/group/zeus.zsmsm/ZEUSSysSoft/cmd/bin:
/afs/desy.de/group/zeus.zsmsm/ZEUSSysSoft/cmd
I checked and I am not making any PATH definition in my local config files (.bashrc, .profile, .login or .tcshrc). So there must be a self-repeating definition somewhere in the default config files in /etc or something
My questions are:
- What can I change to reduce my path as a normal user?
- Can there be another cause to this word too long error?
Any kind of help will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
