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todups

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Jul 17, 2001
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Hi All,

where does the .profile reside for root account,coz when i login and type echo $PATH i can see the paths but i'm puzzled as to where this path variable coming from coz .dtprofile doesnt have them .

I'm confused..

Todup
 
usually there is no .profile for root, but all accounts start off with /etc/profile
 
Note, in some instalations the root home directory is not / it may be /root (or something else).
To get roots .profile look in ~/.profile when logged in as root.

Ged Jones

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