I was trying to set the PATH for a user to include some extra dirs (like /sbin, /usr/local, etc.) so I don't have to type sudo /sbin/halt anymore. ;-)
Unfortunately, I can't seem to find an appropriate file to edit on Slackware 9.0 (or 8.1 for that matter) to make it automatic for any particular user (i.e. .bash_profile). Luckily for me, I once again have Slackware installed on my laptop (it's been over a year!) so I will be able to check on these things much quicker (and hence hopefully have more knowledgeable replies!). :-) I'm sure there's the issue of filesystem permissions I haven't checked into yet, either. I imagine it could be as simple as chgrp wheel on the appropriate directories (given user is in wheel group)? Curtis. -----Original Message----- From: Jeffrey Clement [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 31, 2003 2:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: (clug-talk) [support] How to give users read-write access to mounted FAT32 partitions? > I was wondering if creating a bash_profile file would work or not, then > realized it mattered not since I didn't know what to put in it, anyway. Now > I do. :-D Bash profile goes in each users home directory. /home/$USER/.bash_profile The .bash_profile is only read on your Login shell. After that it uses /home/$USER/.bashrc > I already modified /etc/profile, but it only seems to work for root and not > the user account. I missed previous conversations but what are you setting? It may be you already have a bashrc / profile entry that is overriding whatever it is you are setting.
