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Jeremy Bicha
Asked: 2011-04-17 00:06:10 +0800 CST

Why does my $PATH have only 3 entries?

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When I run echo $PATH, I only get the following: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin

According to /etc/environment, I should be getting: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games

I noticed this because I wasn't to able to run a new game which I had just installed because /usr/games was not in my path.

My .profile and .bashrc are normal.

11.04

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I have heard that this is because I have been using the experimental Gnome 3 PPA. Thanks for your help!

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  2. Normal (non-admin) users only get access to "bin" directories and not "sbin" directories - because "sbin" directories hold system management programs that standard users should not execute (and do not have permissions for anyway).

    /usr/games is a legacy remnant and is no longer used.

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