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[richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi Thomas,

Maybe this issue will have to remain a mystery to me for now.

> One thing I am going to suggest is you *try* the following:
> 
> su -c'bash -norc'
> 
> That would effectively stop bash from reading ~/.bashrc et al on "su". 

sunil@linux:~ > echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/usr/lib/java/bin:/var/lib
/dosemu:/usr/games/bin:/usr/games:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/kde2/bin:/opt/kd
e/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:.:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/pilotsdk/bin:/home/sunil/
myprogs
sunil@linux:~ > su -c'bash -norc'
Password:
bash-2.05# echo $PATH
/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin
bash-2.05#

As you see, $PATH is still changing.

I discovered /etc/login.defs earlier.
According to man login.defs, the entries there set a default path, 
but the the values in my /etc/login.defs still don't explain the 
$PATH I'm getting after su.

Thanks for your help,

regards
Richard
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