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Re: root's path

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From: Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: root's path
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:13:53 +0100
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"Benjamin R. Haskell" <zsh@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Sat, 17 Mar 2012, sergio wrote:
>
>> Hello.
>>
>> How zsh sets root's $path (and $PATH)?
>> bash uses /etc/profile, for sudo completion there are /etc/zsh/zshrc
>> and $PATH for non root is in /etc/zsh/zshenv. But I can't find root
>> path anywhere.
>
> Zsh often ends up using /etc/profile or the equivalent.  On Gentoo,
> for example, /etc/zsh/zprofile sources /etc/profile.env.  On OpenSUSE,
> /etc/zprofile sources /etc/profile.

Shouldn't $PATH be set in /etc/zshenv rather than zprofile?
Else, it's impossible to override $PATH in ~/.zshenv.

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Christian Neukirchen  <chneukirchen@xxxxxxxxx>  http://chneukirchen.org

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