Re: Likewise su should not screw with PATH
On Sun, Dec 19, 1999 at 03:50:26PM -0500, Greg Stark wrote:
>
> Likewise this functionality from su is misguided:
>
> The current environment is passed to the new shell. The
> value of $PATH is reset to /bin:/usr/bin for normal users,
> or /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin for the super user. This
> may be changed with the ENV_PATH and ENV_SUPATH defini-
> tions in /etc/login.defs.
>
> This path should be
> /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11
> for both root and normal users.
#
# *REQUIRED* The default PATH settings, for superuser and normal users.
#
# (they are minimal, add the rest in the shell startup files)
ENV_SUPATH PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
ENV_PATH PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
That is taken from the default login.defs in potato.
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