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# 8  
Old 10-16-2012
Can you post the entire .bash_profile file you just created?
# 9  
Old 10-16-2012
How to add path to root user
this is the script i added for .bash_profile

Code:
# .bash_profile 
# Get the aliases and functions 
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then 
. ~/.bashrc 
fi 
# User specific environment and startup programs 
PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/opt/ubersvn/ubersvn/bin:. 
BASH_ENV=$HOME/.bashrc 
USERNAME="root" 
export USERNAME BASH_ENV PATH

# 10  
Old 10-16-2012
Looks good to me. But in a previous post you wrote (notice the red colon)
Code:
/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/opt/ubersvn:ubersvn/bin:.

Is there someting in .bashrc that resets PATH to something different?
# 11  
Old 10-16-2012
How to add path to root user
sorry, i only posted worngly.
the correct one is
/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/opt/ubersvn/ubersvn/bin:.in .bashrc code also i didn't see any path declaration.
but in /etc/profile file i am seeing that $UID=0 then they adding following path.
/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbini tried there also to add /opt/ubersvn/ubersvn/bin
but its not working
# 12  
Old 10-16-2012
Hmm, strange. Are you sure, you are using bash? What does
Code:
ps -f -p $$

print?
# 13  
Old 10-16-2012
How to add path to root user
yes working in bash only
see below:
Code:
UID        PID  PPID  C STIME TTY          TIME CMD
root     32591 32590  0 16:50 pts/1    00:00:00 bash

# 14  
Old 10-16-2012
Then I'm afraid, I am out of ideas for the moment. Anyone else?
 
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