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| From | Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Setting default $PATH for all users |
| Date | 2019-02-11 00:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <xq6HT-7xf-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <xpeet-7hl-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <xpjHb-2bS-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <xq4mJ-5UK-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <xq4PM-6l6-23@gated-at.bofh.it> <xq6ox-7pb-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On 02/10/2019 05:00 PM, Lee wrote: > On 2/10/19, Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 02:57:22PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: >>> I used "grep -r /usr/local/games /etc" which yielded "/etc/login.defs" >>> and >>> "/etc/profile". Editing those two files had no effect. >> >> How are you determining that changes to /etc/profile had no effect? >> Because changes there (or in files in /etc/profile.d/) should affect all >> new shels that you launch. Example: >> >> $ cat /etc/profile.d/extrapath.sh >> export PATH=$PATH:/foo >> >> Then I open a new shell and echo $PATH, /foo is in there. >> >> If that is not your experience, you are doing something wrong, or your >> system is very broken. > > Or you're using xfce which seems to ignore .profile & .bash_profile > Creating an /etc/profile.d/extrapath.sh from your example didn't do > anything for me. > > adding the line > export PATH=$PATH:/foo > to /etc/bash.bashrc however... > > followup question - why are the bash "login" dot files ignored if > you're using xfce? Perhaps 'cause I've never used xfce? For the record I'm using MATE as DE and lightdm as DM. > > Regards, > Lee > > >
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Setting default $PATH for all users Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-02-08 14:20 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2019-02-08 14:30 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-02-08 14:40 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-02-08 16:00 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-02-08 16:10 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-11 04:10 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-02-11 10:00 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-02-11 13:50 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-02-11 14:10 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-02-11 18:10 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-02-11 18:30 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-02-11 18:40 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-02-11 18:50 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-11 21:00 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-02-08 16:40 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-08 20:10 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-02-10 22:00 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2019-02-10 22:30 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-02-10 22:50 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2019-02-11 00:30 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2019-02-11 00:10 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-02-11 00:30 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2019-02-11 01:30 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-02-11 15:40 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-02-10 22:50 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-02-10 23:30 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-02-11 10:00 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-11 14:50 +0100
Re: Setting default $PATH for all users David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-11 03:30 +0100
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