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Re: Woody - setting PATH



On  0, Crispin Wellington <crispin@aeonline.net> wrote:
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> > > 1) How should I add a path to PATH so it is available to all users
> > > system wide?
> > 
> > Add it to the PATH string in /etc/profile.
> > 
> > > 2) How should I add a path to PATH for only one user?
> > 
> > Add it to the PATH string in ~/.bash_profile.
> > 
> > Both of these should work.  If not, 'echo $PATH' to make sure that the
> > path is being set, then 'file /usr/local/j2re1.4.0_01/bin/java' to
> > make sure that the jvm is really there.
> 
> They both work a dream.
> 
> But why is there an entry for PATH in login.defs that does absolutely
> nothing?

Are you using shadow passwords?  My understanding is that login.defs
is only used when shadow passwords are used.

Tom
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