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Hi,

Can anybody help with this?

When I log into my user account on my box via ssh and then instantly perform an env command I see that my path has been set as follows:

PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin

My user account uses the ksh shell. In my home directory there is no .kshrc file but there is a .profile file. There is no reference to path in the .profile file.

I have checked the /etc/profile file and there's no specifc path defined in here either just the following mention of PATH:

#ident "@(#)profile 1.18 98/10/03 SMI" /* SVr4.0 1.3 */

# The profile that all logins get before using their own .profile.

trap "" 2 3
export LOGNAME PATH

if [ "$TERM" = "" ]
then


The above doesn't mean much to me - how can you export a PATH that hasn't been set? I really can't find where my path is being set to PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

/etc/profile must source another script that sets PATH. What OS and how are users authenticated? - kerberos, what?

what you look for in /etc/profile is:

Code:

.  somefilename

a leading dot with a space after it, unless it's Linux then the word "source" may be where the aforementioned dot now lives.

Why not edit the .profile and add what you need?

Code:

$ > echo $PATH
/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
$ > vi $HOME/.profile
#       They are expected to edit it to meet their own needs.

MAIL=/usr/mail/${LOGNAME:?}

PATH=$PATH:/opt/csw/bin
export PATH
$ > echo $PATH
/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/csw/bin

Once you edit the .profile, logout and login and it should be fixed.

Hi,

Many thanks for the response. The whole of the /etc/profile file is below. I can't see it calling another script...

root@server1# more profile
#ident "@(#)profile 1.18 98/10/03 SMI" /* SVr4.0 1.3 */

# The profile that all logins get before using their own .profile.

trap "" 2 3
export LOGNAME PATH

if [ "$TERM" = "" ]
then
if /bin/i386
then
TERM=sun-color
else
TERM=sun
fi
export TERM
fi

# Login and -su shells get /etc/profile services.
# -rsh is given its environment in its .profile.

case "$0" in
-sh | -ksh | -jsh)

if [ ! -f .hushlogin ]
then
/usr/sbin/quota
# Allow the user to break the Message-Of-The-Day only.
trap "trap '' 2" 2
/bin/cat -s /etc/motd
trap "" 2

/bin/mail -E
case $? in
0)
echo "You have new mail."
;;
2)
echo "You have mail."
;;
esac
fi
esac

umask 022
trap 2 3

Hi,

Thanks. Yeah I could do that I'm just intreagued now as I can't find what's setting it and it's annoying me :-)

You didn't indicate what release of Linux/Unix you were using.
Check man pages for pam_login.
some setting may come from /etc/login.defs

Sorry, It's Solaris8. I'll have a look at the man pages for that.

Cheers!