I have this frustration - and I assume others also. In what order and from which init files is the search path setup. I have found it really frustrating to run some apps from the console because it 'can't be found' and usually have to use 'locate' first, and then prefix the full path. The other thing that gets to me is the difference between the three user accounts I have set up; as below: Essentially user1 and user2 are identical in their functions, but they use different GUIs. Why are there duplicated paths in the user profiles? It appears to me that something somewhere is appending multiple times. I have broken the lines up for readability. As root: /sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/jdk1.2.2/bin As User1: /usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/jdk1.2.2/bin:/usr/local/bin: /usr/X11R6/bin:/home/user1/bin:/usr/local/jdk1.2.2/bin:/usr/local/bin: /usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/jdk1.2.2/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin As User2: /usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/jdk1.2.2/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin: /usr/X11R6/bin:/home/user2/bin:/usr/local/jdk1.2.2/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin: /usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/jdk1.2.2/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin It used to be that you set your global search path in /etc/.profile and extras in each user .profile where appended from/to that set globally. Am I missing something here? Cheers -- ICQ# 89345394 Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected" (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972.)
