[SunHELP] problem setting PATH under solaris 8

[Steffen Grunewald]

On Tue 2001-03-27 (17:50), Bran Tregare wrote:
> I edited both /.cshrc and /.profile  and inserted the appropriate 
> directories in the path but the root shell doesn't seem to want to pick it 
> up :(
> 
> > > 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? :(

is there foreign write permission for /.profile ?
What about /etc/profile ?

Just two wild guesses, each $0.01 worth
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