How to modify the root path at boot time

jayhel · 08-23-2005, 10:16 AM

Hi!

I would like to modify the root path at boot time to add /usr/lib/jdk1.5.0_4/bin/

How can I achieve this?

Jayhel
Slackware 10.1
Linux 2.6.10-1

samac · 08-23-2005, 10:42 AM

Normally to modify the path you just run the following as root:

Code:

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/jdk.1.5.0_4/bin

Samac

zhy2111314 · 08-23-2005, 10:55 AM

or you can type the commands as follows to make it effect for ever:

Code:

$echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/jdk.1.5.0_4/bin' >> ~/.bashrc
$source ~/.bashrc

jayhel · 08-26-2005, 11:40 PM

Hi folks!

I am posting this reply to my own question for the benefice of everybody:
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Where can I change the default PATH used by Slackware?

The default PATH is defined in the file /etc/profile along with a lot of other environment variables. By default separate PATH's are set for the root user and everyone else. To change the default PATH for all users or root, simply edit /etc/profile with PICO and change the PATH values. If you only want to modify a single user's PATH, then you can set the desired PATH in the .bash_profile file in the user's homedir.

Scripts that modify the PATH can be found also in /etc/profile.d
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Best rgds,

JL