Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 01:46:30 -0400 (EDT) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: login.conf Processing Message-ID: <199904140546.BAA23285@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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I have a question about the way in which login.conf is processed. I
have not found the answer after looking in manpages for login.conf(5)
and getcap(3).
What happens if the same value is entered multiple times? In my
specific case, I was considering the path defined in login.conf for
root. The root entry is simply,
root:\
:ignorenologin:\
:tc=default:
And the path in default is,
default:\
.
.
.
:path=~/bin /bin /usr/bin /usr/local/bin:\
.
.
.
I'd like to have /sbin and /usr/sbin always in root's path. How do I
add this? If I do,
root:\
:ignorenologin:\
:path=~/bin /bin /usr/bin /usr/local/bin /sbin /usr/sbin:\
:tc=default:
Will this be clobbered by the default when we look there (or are
they combined or what)? Alternately, is,
root:\
:ignorenologin:\
:tc=default:\
:path=~/bin /bin /usr/bin /usr/local/bin /sbin /usr/sbin:
This a proper login.conf entry? This should give the result I want in
the case where the path is clobbered by the last entry. But I've
_always_ seen the 'tc' as the last entry. Is that required?
Along these lines, I would want to add /usr/X11R6/bin to the xuser.
BTW, why were these changes in paths made in the 2.2.x to 3.x move?
Thanks.
--
Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com
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