Bug 63485 - PATH settings
Summary: PATH settings
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Status: CLOSED DEFERRED
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: distribution
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-04-14 16:52 UTC by Michael Redinger
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:26 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Last Closed: 2005-03-01 20:43:48 UTC
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Description Michael Redinger 2002-04-14 16:52:06 UTC
(This does not really belong to anaconda ... but I couldn't imagine
where to put it ...)

The way beta4 sets the path is much better (eg. thanks of pathmunge) than for example in 7.2.
However, it's still terribly inconsistent. Every program seems to
use different defaults etc.

Below just a few examples. I think you'll get the point ...



user:   xterm -ls, konsole -ls, konsole (under GNOME), rxvt,
        gnome-terminal (under GNOME)
        ssh, telnet, rsh/rlogin
/usr/kerberos/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/home/c102mr/bin

user:   xterm, konsole (under KDE), gnome-terminal (under KDE),
        KDE (eg. run command)
/usr/kerberos/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin

user:   gnome-terminal --login, rxvt -ls, konsole -ls (under GNOME)
/usr/kerberos/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/home/c102mr/bin:/home/c102mr/bin

user:   rsh host 'echo $PATH'
/usr/bin:/bin

user:   ssh host 'echo $PATH'
/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin

root:   rsh -l root host 'echo $PATH'
/usr/bin:/bin

root:   ssh root@host 'echo $PATH'
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

root:   rsh/rlogin, telnet
/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin

root:   xterm (in GNOME, using su)
/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin

root: xterm (as root in GNOME)
/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/root/bin

root:   xterm -ls (in GNOME, using su)
/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin:/root/bin

root:   xterm -ls (as root in GNOME)
/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/root/bin:/root/bin

root:	su (first ssh host, then su)
/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/c102mr/bin

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2005-03-01 20:43:48 UTC
Closing bugs on older, no longer supported, releases. Apologies for any lack of
response. Please reopen if it persists on current releases.


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