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Updating PATH in Solaris
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Each user has there own .profile file located in their default directory. By default each of these files defines their own PATH variable with a hardcoded directory list (i.e. /usr/local/bin is not included). Your options are:- 1) To manually add /usr/local/bin to the PATH declaration in .profile, or, 2) To edit .profile and change the PATH definition so that it takes into account the existing paths.
When you issue a "su root" command the paths are reset and /usr/local/bin is no longer included. To set the default path for the su command it is necessary to edit /etc/default/su. Simply search this file for "SUPATH=" and insert /usr/local/bin immediately following the "=" Make sure you insert a Colon ":" between /usr/local/bin and any existing directories.Note: If the "SUPATH=" declaration was commented out then simply remove the "#" character.
/etc/default/su
#ident "@(#)su.dfl 1.6 93/08/14 SMI" /* SVr4.0 1.2 */
# SULOG determines the location of the file used to log all su attempts # SULOG=/var/adm/sulog
# CONSOLE determines whether attempts to su to root should be logged # to the named device # #CONSOLE=/dev/console
# PATH sets the initial shell PATH variable # #PATH=/usr/bin:
# SUPATH sets the initial shell PATH variable for root
#
SUPATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts:
/usr/openwin/:/usr/ucb/cc:/usr/ucb/bin:/usr/local:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:
/bin:/sbin:/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/ccs:/usr/ccs/bin:/opt/sfw/lib/firefox:/lib:
/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/usr:/opt/sfw:/opt/sfw/bin:/usr/local/samba:/usr/local/samba/bin:
/etc:/opt/Acrobat4/bin:/usr/java:/opt/netbeans-5.5/bin/:/usr/j2se/jdk1.5.0_11/bin:
/usr/ucb:/opt/cfw/wine/bin
# SYSLOG determines whether the syslog(3) LOG_AUTH facility should be used # to log all su attempts. LOG_NOTICE messages are generated for su's to # root, LOG_INFO messages are generated for su's to other users, and LOG_CRIT # messages are generated for failed su attempts. # SYSLOG=YES
/etc/profile & $HOME/.profile
#ident "@(#)profile 1.19 01/03/13 SMI" /* SVr4.0 1.3 */
# The profile that all logins get before using their own .profile.
trap "" 2 3 export LOGNAME
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/gnome2/lib:/opt/gtk:/usr/lib/fontconfig:/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib:
/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:/opt/SUNWspro/lib:/opt/sfw/lib:/opt/cfw/wine/lib
PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts:/usr/openwin/:
/usr/ucb/cc:/usr/ucb/bin:/usr/local:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/local/lib:
/usr/lib:/usr/ccs:/usr/ccs/bin:/opt/sfw/lib/firefox:/lib:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/usr:/opt/sfw:
/opt/sfw/bin:/usr/local/samba:/usr/local/samba/bin:/etc:/opt/Acrobat4/bin:/usr/java:
/opt/netbeans-5.5/bin/:/usr/j2se/jdk1.5.0_11/bin:/usr/ucb:/opt/cfw/wine/bin
MANPATH=/usr/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/local/samba/man:/opt/SUNWspro/man:/opt/sfw/man:
/opt/cfw/wine/man
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH PATH MANPATH
if [ "$TERM" = "" ] then if /bin/i386 then TERM=sun-color else TERM=sun fi export TERM fi
# Login and -su shells get /etc/profile services. # -rsh is given its environment in its .profile.
case "$0" in -sh | -ksh | -jsh | -bash)
if [ ! -f .hushlogin ] then /usr/sbin/quota # Allow the user to break the Message-Of-The-Day only. trap "trap '' 2" 2 /bin/cat -s /etc/motd trap "" 2
/bin/mail -E case $? in 0) echo "You have new mail." ;; 2) echo "You have mail." ;; esac fi esac
umask 022 trap 2 3
/.dtprofile & $HOME/.dtprofile
############################################################################# ### ### .dtprofile ### ### user personal environment variables ### ### Common Desktop Environment (CDE) ### ### (c) Copyright 1993-1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc. ### (c) Copyright 1993,1994 Hewlett-Packard Company ### (c) Copyright 1993,1994 International Business Machines Corp. ### (c) Copyright 1993,1994 Novell, Inc. ### ### ### @(#)dtprofile.src 1.10 97/05/20 ### #############################################################################
############################################################################# ### ### Your $HOME/.dtprofile is read each time you login to the Common Desktop ### Environment (CDE) and is the place to set or override desktop ### environment variables for your session. Environment variables set in ### $HOME/.dtprofile are made available to all applications on the desktop. ### The desktop will accept either sh or ksh syntax for the commands in ### $HOME/.dtprofile. ### #############################################################################
############################################################################# ### ### Random stdout and stderr output from the desktop Session Mgr can be ### directed into user's $HOME/.dt/sessionlogs directory. By default this ### output is not recorded. Instead it is sent off to /dev/null (Unix's ### "nothing" device). ### ### If this random dtsession output is wanted (usually only wanted for ### debugging purposes), commenting out following "dtstart_sessionlogfile" ### lines will send output to your $HOME/.dt/sessionlogs directory. ### ### Alternatively, can change "/dev/null" to "/dev/console" to see this ### debugging output on your console device. Can start a console via the ### Workspace programs menu or via Application Mgr's Desktop Tools ### "Terminal Console" icon. ### #############################################################################
echo "This session log file is currently disabled." > $dtstart_sessionlogfile echo "To enable logging, edit $HOME/.dtprofile and" >> $dtstart_sessionlogfile echo "remove dtstart_sessionlogfile=/dev/null line." >> $dtstart_sessionlogfile
export dtstart_sessionlogfile="/dev/null"
#############################################################################
###
### By default, the desktop will read your standard $HOME/.profile
### or $HOME/.login files. This can be changed commenting out the
### DTSOURCEPROFILE variable assignment at the end of this file. The
### desktop reads .profile if your $SHELL is "sh" or "ksh", or .login
### if your $SHELL is "csh".
###
### The desktop reads the .dtprofile and .profile/.login with a simulated
### terminal via the sdt_shell program. The sdt_shell program will create
### a controlling terminal. Shell output will be logged to the location
### $HOME/.dt/startlog. Any shell requested input will receive an end
### of file character (Control-D).
###
### This being the case .profile/.login should avoid requiring interaction
### with the user at login time. Any messages printed in these scripts will
### not be seen when you log in and any prompts such as by the "read"
### command will return an end-of-file to the calling script.
###
### With minor editing, it is possible to adapt your .profile or .login
### for use both with and without the desktop. Group user interaction
### statements not appropriate for your desktop session into one section
### and enclose them with an "if" statement that checks for absence of
### of the "DT" environment variable. When the desktop reads your .profile
### or .login file, it will set "DT" to a non-empty value for which your
### .profile or .login can test.
###
### example for sh/ksh
###
### if [ ! "$DT" ]; then
### #
### # commands and environment variables not appropriate for desktop
### #
### echo "Please enter some data:"
### read data
### ...
### fi
###
### #
### # environment variables common to both desktop and non-desktop
### #
### PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
### MYVAR=value
### export MYVAR
### ...
###
### example for csh
###
### if ( ! ${?DT} ) then
### #
### # commands and environment variables not appropriate for desktop
### #
### echo "Please enter some data:"
### read data
### ...
### endif
###
### #
### # environment variables common to both desktop and non-desktop
### #
### setenv PATH $HOME/bin:$PATH
### setenv MYVAR value
### ...
###
### Errors in .dtprofile/.profile/.login are logged to "$HOME/.dt/startlog".
### If after you login, an environment they should have set and exported is
### not present and this $HOME/.dtprofile file has set "DTSOURCEPROFILE=true"
### check $HOME/.dt/startlog for possible .profile/.login script error
### output.
###
##############################################################################
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/gnome2/lib:/opt/gtk:/usr/lib/fontconfig:/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib:
/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:/opt/SUNWspro/lib:/opt/sfw/lib:/opt/cfw/wine/lib
PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts:/usr/openwin/:
/usr/ucb/cc:/usr/ucb/bin:/usr/local:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/local/lib:
/usr/lib:/usr/ccs:/usr/ccs/bin:/opt/sfw/lib/firefox:/lib:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/usr:/opt/sfw:
/opt/sfw/bin:/usr/local/samba:/usr/local/samba/bin:/etc:/opt/Acrobat4/bin:/usr/java:
/opt/netbeans-5.5/bin/:/usr/j2se/jdk1.5.0_11/bin:/usr/ucb:/opt/cfw/wine/bin
MANPATH=/usr/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/local/samba/man:/opt/SUNWspro/man:/opt/sfw/man:
/opt/cfw/wine/man
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH PATH MANPATH
DTSOURCEPROFILE=true
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