When I say echo $PATH I get /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/bin$:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.3/bin$ I see those extra dollar signs attached after some directory names. I really dont have them in the files which are actually setting the PATH variable. When I source those files again to set the PATH they are working fine... but after the first boot I see the PATH like above. Any clues.. please help! Thanks Chandra ===== Ask and it shall be retrieved: the power of the web!! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list