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Date:      Sun, 15 Aug 1999 10:38:10 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Korvus [PINE]" <korvus@tasam.com>
To:        dmp@aracnet.com
Cc:        Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu>, Ng Kok Leong <klng@psl.com.sg>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-user-groups@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: path
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908151038001.16201-100000@tasam.com>
In-Reply-To: <37B6C6B2.EF4010DB@aracnet.com>

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i believe "su -" will work as well

On Sun, 15 Aug 1999 dmp@aracnet.com wrote:

> Eric Hodel wrote:
> > 
> > Ng Kok Leong wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am new to FreeBSD and currently I am working with FreeBSD3.2.
> > > May I know where can I set the directory path so that I do not have
> > > to go to the directory where the file resides in order to access it?
> > > I have tried to set the PATH variable in the .profile file but this does
> > 
> > If you are using sh, you can set your path in the .profile, but this
> > will only run on a login shell.  If you have root using the sh shell, it
> > won't pick up the sbin directories if you su.
> 
> The -l flag makes su behave like a login shell.
> 
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