/etc/profile runs /etc/profile.local and ~/.profile if they exsist. i greatly prefer systemwide stuff in /etc/profile.d/*.sh, where * is the name of the program/system that the modifications are for. /etc/profile.local is prolly just as good, but /etc/profile gets overwritten on an upgrade. anyway, to answer your question, ensure PATH is exported. export PATH=$PATH:/this/dir/here:/this/one/too cheers. -- ======================================================================== Rocky McGaugh Atipa Linux Solutions Product Development www.atipa.com rocky@smluc.org rmcgaugh@atipa.com ======================================================================== On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, CN Davies wrote:

This is a real sumn question.. sorry

As I understand it, when logging into linux /etc/profile is execute first then /etc/profile.local then /home/username/.profile

So if I want to add to the system path I should add to profile.local.

So why when I added

PATH=PATH$:/usr/local/program/bin

It doesn't it appear in my path and I can't execute anything in the path ..

what gives?!?

Chris

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