Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 16:24:36 -0800 (PST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Marc Wandschneider <MarcW@Lanfear.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Where to put system paths, etc ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911071624170.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <13D5F9EDFD72D211BC3100105A1C2233054975@akira.lanfear.com>
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On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, Marc Wandschneider wrote: > > The following things/variables need to be set up when I start up > my system: > > PATH needs to be set > MANPATH needs to be set > ldconfig needs to be run > > Question: Where is the best place to do this? I'd rather not > do it for every single user's .login file, because that would be > annoying, and ldconfig can't be run except as su. > > However, in /etc, it's not obvious where this stuff goes. I see > some path stuff being set up in /etc/rc, but there appears to be a > manpath.config file, although no documentation on it. I see no place > where I'd run ldconfig. > > Any suggestions as to what would work out best for me? /etc/login.conf man 5 login.conf enjoy, -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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