Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!usc!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!gryphon!turnkey!jackv From: jackv@turnkey.gryphon.COM (Jack F. Vogel) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: setting the path for an rsh account Keywords: sco xenix path rsh Message-ID: <6381@turnkey.gryphon.COM> Date: 1 Oct 89 16:43:17 GMT References: <10058@xanth.cs.odu.edu> Reply-To: jackv@turnkey.gryphon.COM Organization: Turnkey Computer Consultants, Costa Mesa, CA Lines: 21 In article <10058@xanth.cs.odu.edu> paterra@cs.odu.edu (Frank C. Paterra) writes: > [ account of setting up rsh account deleted...] > >I have created a directory called /bin/rsh.commands and changed the >path line in the .profile to >set PATH=/bin/rsh.commands ^^^ >but when I login to this account the environment PATH variable says >PATH /bin:/usr/bin Your problem is you are confusing csh and sh syntax. What you want to use is: PATH=/bin/rsh.commands;export PATH Cheers, Disclaimer: IMHO. -- Jack F. Vogel jackv@seas.ucla.edu AIX Technical Support - or - Locus Computing Corp. jackv@ifs.umich.edu