How to change the default path

[Mark Ovens]

On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 06:56:24PM +0100, L. Cranswick wrote:
> 
> > >>>>> "Lachlan" == L Cranswick <L.M.D.Cranswick at dl.ac.uk> writes:
> > 
> >     Lachlan> Sorry about this query - but how do you
> >     Lachlan> change the default path in FreeBSD for
> >     Lachlan> all (including root) logins?
> > 
> >     Lachlan> I want to swap /usr/local/bin and /usr/bin
> >     Lachlan> but cannot seem to find the file that sets 
> >     Lachlan> this.
> > 
> >     Lachlan> Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > /etc/login.conf is the traditional place.
> > 
> > Martin
> 
> Would I be believed if I said this did not work?
> 
> Also, a plain user's and root's path in FreeBSD 4 
> has /usr/games in the path - yet this does not appear in
> the /etc/login.conf?
> 

Try /usr/share/skel/dot.login

> This was a minimum install of FreeBSD 4 for server
> type applications.
> 
> Lachlan.
> 
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