Any idea what is causing this? I use gnome, and I think it's gdm.conf. I also tried editing /etc/profile by using pathmunge() on /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin with $2 = "after", and it did not work (after sourcing /etc/profile). Oddly - that should have worked for that root shell I was using. (I'm logged in as root.) I have not yet edit the gdm.conf file because I don't yet wish to restart my GUI environment. Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Claude Jones > Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 12:37 PM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: Why use "su -" rather than "su" > > > On Sun July 17 2005 12:27 pm, Tony Nelson wrote: > > At 2:13 AM -0500 7/17/05, John Bray wrote: > > >here's a classic case of how to realllly screw up. su - to root. echo > > >$PATH note that some dolt has managed to set root's path to include > > >/usr/local/bin BEFORE the official sbins! want to guess how this > > >stupidity is eventually going to bite us all? :-( > > > > Mine isn't quite so bad, but it does turn out to have the pattern > > "foo/sbin", "foo/bin". I expect that you're saying that it > should be all > > sbins, then the bins. I think I'll change it to that. > > Still a new user here - could you explain how the PATH is edited? > -- > Claude Jones > Bluemont, VA, USA > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
