On 12/19/05, Sterling Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
When I login outside of X, at the
terminal/console/whatever-it's-called, with fish as my default shell,
$PATH is missing /usr/kde/3.5/bin and /usr/sbin
[and in a later message]:
BTW, I know /usr/sbin isn't supposed to be there as a normal user. Try
setting root's default shell to fish and login the same way to see
/usr/sbin missing.
It's not clear whether this is a bug report or request for a solution.
If the second, a quick fix is to add this line to the .fish file in
root's home directory:
set PATH $PATH /usr/sbin /usr/kde/3.5/bin
Agreed that /usr/sbin would be handy in the default fish $PATH for the
root user - as would /sbin. Axel how about adding code similar to this
(untested) to the default global fish init file:
set uid (id -u 2>/dev/null)
if test "$uid" = 0
set PATH $PATH /sbin /usr/sbin
end
As for /usr/kde/3.5/bin, which is not so universal - it should be added
to $PATH through fish's global init file by your distribution's package
management system as and when appropriate. If no fish
package/packager/awareness exists for your distribution, then it's up to
you: global settings can be added to /usr/local/etc/fish (or /etc/fish
or ~/etc/fish, depending on where you installed it), but be aware that
they will be overwritten on reinstalling/upgrading fish.
Alternatively you can add a .fish file containing a line similar to the
above to your skeleton directory so that when you add a new user, their
home directory gets a copy. This process varies slightly between OSes,
but on my system I have /etc/skel which is copied to the user's new home
directory when adding a user with 'adduser -m <username>'. The
advantage of this approach is that it won't be overwritten on fish
reinstallation or upgrade. The disadvantage is that if you upgrade to
kde x.y, all your users' ~/.fish files will need to be updated.
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