[gentoo-user] Re: Where does sudo get the PATH ?

[Nicolas Richard]

>>>>> "Joost" == J Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> writes:
    Joost> And, what is in the .bash_profile and .bashrc files in your
    Joost> homedir and in root's homedir?

In my homedir:
.bash_profile loads .bashrc
.bashrc says export PATH="~/bin/overrideglobal:${PATH}:~/bin" (and
defines some aliases)

In root's: I have no such files.

Maybe it would be less distracting if I don't use a shell at all :

youngfrog@geodiff-mac3 ~ $ sudo -i env | grep ^PATH
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.5.4:/usr/local/texlive/2012/bin/i386-linux:/root/bin

youngfrog@geodiff-mac3 ~ $ sudo env | grep ^PATH
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/opt/bin:/usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/i386-linux


    Joost> What do you get with "echo $PATH" when not using sudo?

You mean, when I'm logged in as root ? Then it's the same as when using
sudo -i.

N.