On 25/07/12 20:10, Stephen Harris wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:27:09PM -0400, Karl Vogel wrote:
>>>> On 07/24/12 4:33 PM, Stephen Harris wrote:
>> S> I want the ability to "set the default path". That's all.
>>
>> It sounds like your best bet would be to change the source for su, and
>> just be prepared to reinstall it if/when yum (or whatever) replaces it.
>>
>> Being able to specify the default PATH without having to mess with shell
>> setup files is a nice feature; Solaris allows you to do this by providing
>> an /etc/default/su file to set the PATH plus other things like whether you
>> want to use syslog for access logging, etc.
>
> Yeah, that's the functionality I was hoping to be able to replicate.
> Seems like an odd RedHat restriction, especially since other Linux
> variants can do this via login.defs. Ah well.
I see you are running Centos 5. Perhaps have a look at
/etc/security/pam_env.conf
Does setting the default PATH there have any effect?
Kal
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