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Bug 18290

Summary:	User path missing /sbin and /usr/sbin
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <danyj>
Component:	kdebase	Assignee:	Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero>
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Version:	7.0	CC:	dr
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Description Need Real Name 2000-10-04 04:34:39 UTC

When using kdm, user path does not include /sbin, and /usr/sbin any more. 
Instead it shows /bin twice at  the start of the path.  This occured after
upgrade to RH 7.0 from 6.2, where all was fine.

Here is the path shown:

~/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/kde2/bin:/usr/lib/kde2/bin:/usr/local/bin

Comment 1 Need Real Name 2000-10-04 05:04:35 UTC

Oooopps Sorry, 

... it does NOT have /bin twice at the beginning ... but "~/bin" and "/bin"!

but still no /sbin  and /usr/sbin.

Comment 2 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2000-10-04 08:49:32 UTC

This is not a bug - the user path is not supposed to include */sbin. It's
supposed to be in root's path only (try it on the console and you'll get the
exact same behavior).
If you don't like it, modify the startup scripts /usr/bin/startkde and/or
/usr/share/apps/switchdesk/Xclients.kde

Comment 3 Need Real Name 2000-10-04 13:24:54 UTC

Hi again,

Unfortunately the suggested solution does not work.

There is no /sbin in root's path neither.  In fact the path shown above is
root's! :

~/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/kde2/bin:/usr/lib/kde2/bin:/usr/local/bin

In fact, now that I think about it, should it not be :

root/bin:/bin .... instead of ~/bin:/bin ...????

(using echo $PATH)

Also,

If I start in runlevel 3 and start X manually with startx, the path is

/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin  

But  if I start in runlevel 5 into X and login in X, the path is (exactly as
shown)

~/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/kde2/bin:/usr/lib/kde2/bin:/usr/local/bin

Comment 4 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2000-11-16 12:26:11 UTC

Fixed in 2.0-3

Comment 5 Wojciech Kazubski 2001-01-02 10:24:00 UTC

I also noticed this problem!
The PATH is OK when the root is logged on text console (by <Ctrl><Alt><F2> or
so).
The /sbin and /usr/sbin directories (and even /usr/local/sbin) are added to the
PATH by script in /root/.bash_profile but it seems that it is never invoked.
The above directories could be added in .bashrc but as new value since this
script is invoked everytime shell starts.