Root ENV is different from users', how to change?

UNIX Solaris
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Hello,

I'm working on a Solaris 9 machine. I found the root's environment variables (say, $PATH, $ORACLE_HOME, big problem) were set differently from the users'. All regular users use C shell now and share the same environment file stored in /usr/local/config/cshrc.default.

Should I just use set/setenv command as root to change root's env variables? Does root use any env setting file as the regular users do? If so, how can I find it and modify it?

Thanks.
Alan

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If you are going to use csh as root as well, you can just run 'source /usr/local/config/cshrc.default' to get the environment that is available to other users.

3

Thanks for the reply. Other than using csh for root, is there other options for root to keep default shell but use same/similar environment variables as the users?

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On Solaris 9 do not change the shell for root. The root shell is the static bourne shell. All you need to do is set up the correct .profile in / using the bourne fomat eg:

PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin
export PATH
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I didn't mean to say that the actual login shell is to be changed for root! I meant that once you login as root, you could run csh and source your files as required.

I once had an sysadmin change the shell for root in /etc/passwd, he didn't see that it was /sbin/sh and changed it to /sbin/bash!!! We had to boot the system off a CD and change the shell back.