Bug 862

Summary: Default PATH from /bin/login is not clever
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: w.wouts
Component: util-linuxAssignee: David Lawrence <dkl>
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Description w.wouts 1999-01-18 09:21:49 UTC 
By default /bin/login will set a users $PATH to:
/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin This way the small/crippled
versions of programs will be used by default. So I suggest
that the default $PATH is changed to:
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin The $PATH for root should be
changed from /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin to
/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin accordingly.

The best place to change this would be in /bin/login, though
I've just changed /etc/skel/.bash_profile for now. But the
latter may break login scripts if anything changes.
Comment 1 Mike A. Harris 2001-11-26 08:25:01 UTC 
This bug was misassigned to dkl.  Since dkl is in QA, it is no wonder
the bug never got seen.  ;o)

This is not a bug.  The path is as it is expected to be.  Users desiring
an alternate default path, are free to reconfigure to their taste.