Add to $PATH how?

[Jon Ingason]

Chris Bradford wrote:
> For some reason /sbin/ is no longer in my $PATH or root's $PATH
> 
> How can I edit my path, and ensure that this is saved upon reboot?
> 
> This only seems to be the case in gdm, under tty1 both my account and
> root have /sbin/ in our $PATH

For root the /sbin/ is added in /etc/profile. Take a look at it. An 
ordinary user you should not have it in his PATH. But you can add it i 
.bash_profile. Something like this:

...
# User specific environment and startup programs

PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin

export PATH
...


> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chris Bradford
> Systems Administrator
> Cambridge Newspapers
> 
> 
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Regards
Jon Ingason