On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 09:27 Tom Browder <tom.brow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Every time I set up a new host, I have to jump through the hoops trying to On my main Debian 11 host I have found one formula that works for ssh logins as well as xterm login on a Mate desktop: I followed most of the formulas on the Debian wiki and suggestions made here plus some experimentation and did this: 1. Set my desired path for users in file /etc/environment $ cat /etc/environment PATH=/opt/rakudo/bin:/opt/rakudo/share/perl6/site/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin 2. I put the identical path in the usr PATH entry in file /etc/profile 3. I copied my .profile file to .xsessionrc. The result was, regardless of login method, as a normal user I had the same PATH (plus any changes from my ~/.profile file). 4. I modified the root PATH entry in file /etc/profile When I became root via "sudo -s" I got root's path from /etc/profile. When I became root via "sudo -i" I got the desired PATH change from root's ~/.profile. So far, I'm a happy camper! ANOTHER LESSON LEARNED While I was experimenting with the desktop settings, I stupidly and blindly added an exit line to cut out some 20-year old cruft in the end of the .profile file and all of a sudden I lost my xterms and couldn't find a way to edit the broken file. Fortunately, I had emacs as one of my menu items: I chose the GUI version and was able to repair the .profile file successfully. Maybe another editor would have worked, but I'm not going to experiment with that any time soon! -Tom
