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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How to add a variable to the "path" Post 302074210 by PixelLover on Sunday 21st of May 2006 07:48:06 PM
Old 05-21-2006
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Hello,

I am new to this board and I have several questions:

For two days now I've been trying to add a variable to my "path" -- without any success. What I want to do is add the path for my MySQL database to my "path" so I can access it from anywhere. Why is this such a hard thing to do in UNIX? Everybody recommends something else. WHERE do I have to add the path. Is the file called ".bash-profile" or ".cshrs" or ".shrs" or ".profile" or what? And, if you can give me an ultimate answer to my question, where exactly is this file located on the system?

I have been a computer science student at uni for 3 years now, but nothing has ever caused me so much trouble. Such an easy task, but so hard to do, so many possible combinations!! Why??

Can anybody tell me how to do it?
 

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socketfilterfw

socketfilterfw(8)					    BSD System Manager's Manual 					 socketfilterfw(8)

NAME

     socketfilterfw -- Application Firewall daemon

SYNOPSIS

     socketfilterfw [-hdlk] [--getglobalstate] [--setglobalstate on | off] [--getblockall] [--setblockall on | off] [--listapps]
		    [--getappblocked path] [--blockapp path] [--unblockapp path] [--add path] [--remove path] [--getallowsigned]
		    [--setallowsigned] [--setallowsignedapp] [--getstealthmode] [--setstealthmode on | off] [--getloggingmode]
		    [--setloggingmode on | off] [--getloggingopt] [--setloggingopt throttled | brief | detail]

DESCRIPTION

     socketfilterfw is a daemon that gets launched on demand when the Application Firewall is enabled.	There are also command-line options to
     change the Application Firewall behavior.

OPTIONS

     The command line options are as follows:

     -h      Display this help and exit.

     -d      Turn on debugging.

     -l      Do logging and run in daemon mode.

     -k      Kill daemon.

     --getglobalstate
	     Display if the firewall is enabled or not.

     --setglobalstate on | off
	     Turn the firewall on or off.

     --getblockall
	     Show whether block all is enabled or not.

     --setblockall on | off
	     Enable or disable block all option.

     --listapps
	     Display a list of paths of added applications.

     --getappblocked path
	     Show whether connections are blocked or not for the application at the indicated path.

     --blockapp path
	     Block the application at the indicated path.

     --unblockapp path
	     Unblock the application at the indicated path.

     --add path
	     Add the application at the indicated path to the firewall.

     --remove path
	     Remove the application at the indicated path from the firewall.

     --getallowsigned
	     Show whether built-in and downloaded signed applications are to automatically receive incoming connections.

     --setallowsigned
	     Set whether built-in signed applications are to automatically receive incoming connections or not.

     --setallowsignedapp
	     Set whether downloaded signed applications are to automatically receive incoming connections or not.

     --getstealthmode
	     Show whether stealth mode is on or not.

     --setstealthmode on | off
	     Set stealth mode on or off.

     --getloggingmode
	     Show whether logging is on or not.

     --setloggingmode on | off
	     Set logging to on or off.

     --getloggingopt
	     Show logging option.

     --setloggingopt throttled | brief | detail
	     Set logging option.

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