Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site sjuvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!ulysses!allegra!sjuvax!iannucci From: iannucci@sjuvax.UUCP (iannucci) Newsgroups: net.unix,net.micro.att Subject: $PATH in su mode under SV.2 Message-ID: <1246@sjuvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 22:25:46 EDT Article-I.D.: sjuvax.1246 Posted: Wed Aug 14 22:25:46 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Aug-85 16:20:59 EDT Reply-To: iannucci@sjuvax.UUCP (iannucci) Organization: St. Joseph's University, Phila. PA. Lines: 16 Xref: watmath net.unix:5369 net.micro.att:457 I and my colleagues at work, where we run SV.2.2 on a 3B2, are being slowly driven out of our minds. The problem is that in su mode, the PATH is set to :/usr/bin:/etc:/bin. It doesn't even include the pwd! This can get really maddening, and we've tried everything we can think of to reset that PATH. Nothing in /etc/profile seems to have any direct effect. If you can help me with this, please respond by mail, as I don't read these groups often enough. My fingers have had it with typing 7 foot paths! -- If I could walk THAT way... Dave Iannucci @ St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia [40 00' N 75 15' W] {{ihnp4 | ucbvax}!allegra | {psuvax1}!burdvax | astrovax}!sjuvax!iannucci