SCO Unix Openserver 5.0.6 /etc/profile

[Bonestein]

I was trying to get gzip to work for SCO. and it said "ensure that /usr/local/bin is in your PATH" the only place I could find PATH was in my .profile and I put that line in my .profile but I was the only one that could use the command.
root was unable to use gzip. so I added the line PATH=.:/usr/local/bin
to /etc/profile
now there is nothing in /etc/profile and none of my commands for root work at all. lf ls cd.. nothing.
so I look in /etc/profile and there is nothing in there.
can you help? or maybe tell me how I might be able to replace this file?

 

[PHV]

Try to replace the line you added in

/etc/profile

by this:

PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin

For root account you must edit

/.profile

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[Bonestein]

Thanks for showing me the way to go.

I removed the line out of /etc/profile

my /.profile was at /u/.profile for root

but it works now, now I just need to get gcc working.



thanks