Unable to set path in /etc/profile

[Ed Cogburn]

Irene Zimmermann wrote:

> Current version (5.04)
> 
> Unable to modify global path in /etc/profile.
> 
> Appended the following as a root user:
> 
> JDK_HOME=/usr/java/jdk
> JRE_HOME=${JDK_HOME}/jre
> JAVA_HOME=${JRE_HOME}
> export JDK_HOME JRE_HOME JAVA_HOME
> PATH=${JDK_HOME}/bin:${JRE_HOME}/bin:${PATH}
> export PATH
> 
> 
> echo $PATH returns the original path after reboot.


Hi,

Did you log out and log back in?  Are you sure path isn't getting reset in
any files being read after /etc/profile ?  Show us the entire /etc/profile,
and double check that your ~/bash_profile (or ~/.bash_login or ~/.profile)
isn't changing PATH again.  If not sure, show us that file too.