$PATH in su mode under SV.2

[Michael Crom]

One way to set the PATH variable is to create a /.profile.
In it you would put something like this:


PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/lbin:/whatever/wherever::
export PATH

Then, instead of just using "su", use "su -".  The minus sign says
to invoke the that users .profile (which will set the PATH in this case).
Unfortunately, it also puts you in roots home directory -- /

If you had source for su, you could change change a define to whatever you
wanted:

#define SUPATH "PATH=whatever"

But most 3b2 users don't have source, so you're stuck with the first method.



					Mike Crom
					Lisle, Il