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Re: PATH variable--where is it?



On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 10:05:43PM -0600, the Edward Blevins wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 09:11:38PM -0600, Gary Turner wrote:
> > Where is the path variable stored?
> check out /etc/login.defs

Very interesting.  (I overlooked this.)

So this /etc/login.defs defines PATH provided by login.  Then
/etc/profile is persed by shell and export new path, if it is defined.

Deeper question is "What is a PATH before login?"

Specifically, What is PATH for /etc/rcS.d/ scripts?  Some scripts
(modutils) defines PATH inside.  Are these hardcoded in init?

I know $HOME in these init script are not /root but /.

Just curious. :-)

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