[SunHELP] problem setting PATH under solaris 8

[Bran Tregare]

from /.profile
PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/local/bin:/etc:/usr/ccs/lib:.
export PATH
MANPATH=/usr/man:/usr/local/man
export MANPATH


it just doesn't seem to be peicking it up :(

  /.profile is owned by root.



At 08:20 AM 3/27/01 -0500, you wrote:

>Root default shell is "sh".  Try editing /.profile and add your paths there.
>
>Dennis L. Lund
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bran Tregare [<mailto:tregare at rit.com>mailto:tregare at rit.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 7:15 AM
>To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
>Subject: [SunHELP] problem setting PATH under solaris 8
>
>
>I can't seem to get root to take a path other than /usr/sbin:/usr/bin  is
>there any particular tricks I am missing to edit the path for root? :(
>
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