But by commenting out the uid check, you're adding /sbin, /usr/sbin, and /usr/local/sbin, to the environment of all users on the system. My understanding is that this is a no-no when it comes to securing the system. Adam Kosmin Alexandre Strube (surak@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: " Em Seg, 2004-01-12 ?s 16:37, J.L. Coenders escreveu: " > Probably a stupid question, but to let my Java Runtime work, I have to " > export PATH=/usr/java/j2re1.4.1_04/bin:$PATH " > Linux work remember this and the next time I open a terminal window, I have to " > type it again. " > Who can help me to let Linux remember this? " " /etc/profile - take a look at line 16 - my one is like this: " # Path manipulation " #if [ `id -u` = 0 ]; then " pathmunge /sbin " pathmunge /usr/sbin " pathmunge /usr/local/sbin " pathmunge /usr/java/j2eesdk1.4_beta2/jdk/bin " pathmunge /usr/java/j2eesdk1.4_beta2/bin " pathmunge /usr/java/j2eesdk1.4_beta2/share/bin " pathmunge /usr/local/ActiveTcl/bin " #fi " (note that I've commented out the if and fi - its preety annoying having " to write the full path just because i'm not root to make a ifconfig, for " instance). " " -- " []s " " Alexandre Ganso " 500 FOUR vermelha - Diretor Steel Goose Moto Group " " " -- " fedora-list mailing list " fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx " To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list " -- "Yes, Your Honor. Now, where we are so far, in at least my line of reasoning, is I want to walk the Court through enough of our complaint to help the Court understand that IBM clearly did contribute a lot of the Unix-related information into Linux. We just don't know what it is." -- Kevin McBride SCO vs. IBM 12/05/03
