RE: Root path
Bruce Richardson (brichardson@lineone.net)
Tue, 19 Jan 1999 20:49:49 -0000
David Mihm:
>!I notice that (on my set-up, at least - RH 5.1, AS 1.6.6)
>! /usr/local/bin is not added to the path when I startx as root. Is this
a
>! security feature?
>
> I would guess so. A quick solution if you don't wish to add the
>path would be to supply the full path in the ~/.xinitrc file.
That's for executing AfterStep itself (I put the full path in my .Xclients,
which I posted here last week). It was when I compiled a few _as-apps_ and
they popped up in user accounts but not for root that I realised
/usr/local/bin wasn't on roots path. It must be AfterStep that places
/usr/local/bin in the path when I start X as a user - I have NOTHING else
in there on this machine. It must therefor be AfterStep that omits it as
root.
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