re:/etc/path.default (was Re: netpbm vs. pbmplus)

["brian (b.c.) white" <bcwhite@bnr.ca>]

>Accounts with admin privileges (root, first user, other designated admin
>users) could simply modify their own .bashrc etc files to set the path
>with this file.
>
>alternatively, the /etc/profile could do something like:
>
>if /usr/bin/id | /usr/bin/grep "(adm)\|(root)" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
>	PATH=`cat /etc/path.default.admin`; export PATH
>else
>	PATH=`cat /etc/path.default`; export PATH
>fi

How about more something like...


PATH=`cat /etc/path.default`
if /usr/bin/id | /usr/bin/grep "(adm)\|(root)" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
	PATH=`cat /etc/path.default.admin`:$PATH
fi
export PATH


This means that modifications only need to be made to one file for
both types of users to be affected.

                                        Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@bnr.ca )

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