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Date:      Tue, 28 Jan 1997 10:25:40 -0600
From:      Randy DuCharme <randyd@nconned.net>
To:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu>
Cc:        Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>, "Eric A. Griff" <eagriff@global2000.net>, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Can't get `.' off of root's path
Message-ID:  <32EE2884.41C67EA6@nconned.net>
References:  <Pine.OSF.3.95q.970128090208.17706A-100000@baud.eng.umd.edu>

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Chuck Robey wrote:

<snip>

> Perhaps, Joerg, but this is occurring on my newly booted smp machine, with
> roots login, not even using su (on the console).  I checked $PATH and
> $path, and "." isn't in there.  I keep on getting the message that the
> path has relative components.  Could this mean that there are some
> relative symlinks involved?

I find the same things as Mr. Robey.  Furthermore, I've never found a
need to modify the paths from their 'stock' forms on any of my affected
machines.  They exist totally as set-up from disk.

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