On 0, Crispin Wellington <crispin@aeonline.net> wrote: [snip] > > > 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 -- Tom Cook Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide Never be irreplacable: If you are irreplacable then you are unpromotable. Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au
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