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Starting applications specified in /root/.vnc/xstartup | Starting applications specified in /root/.vnc/xstartup | ||
Log file is /root/.vnc/foo:2.log | Log file is /root/.vnc/foo:2.log | ||
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+ | == Thunar == | ||
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+ | Run Thunar file explorer as root | ||
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+ | sudo Thunar | ||
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+ | == Ways to set $PATH == | ||
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+ | The PATH can be set in any of | ||
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+ | ~/.bashrc | ||
+ | ~/.profile | ||
+ | ~/.bash_profile | ||
+ | ~/.bash_login | ||
+ | /etc/profile | ||
+ | /etc/environment | ||
+ | /etc/bash.bashrc | ||
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+ | Which ones are read depends on the kind of bash session you are running. What you want to do is grep for PATH in all these files. | ||
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+ | $ grep PATH ~/.bashrc ~/.profile ~/.bash_profile ~/.bash_login \ | ||
+ | /etc/profile /etc/environment /etc/bash.bashrc | ||
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+ | I have a nifty little bash function for just this sort of issue: | ||
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+ | grep_bash(){ | ||
+ | for f in ~/.bashrc ~/.profile ~/.bash_profile ~/.bash_login \ | ||
+ | /etc/profile /etc/environment /etc/bash.bashrc; | ||
+ | do | ||
+ | [ -e $f ] && grep -H "$@" $f; | ||
+ | done | ||
+ | } | ||
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+ | I have that in my .bashrc so whenever something strange is going on, I use it to look for the relevant string in all possible config files. For example: | ||
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+ | $ grep_bash PATH | ||
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+ | As a side note, not having /sbin and /usr/sbin in a normal user's PATH is standard practice for most distributions. There is no reason for a normal user to have these directories in their path. I just checked on a Debian, and Ubuntu Server and a SuSe machine and only the Ubuntu seems to add /sbin to a normal user's path and it does so in /etc/environment. The other two only add it if the user is root. |
Latest revision as of 17:45, 18 February 2015
vncserver
Warning: foo:1 is taken because of /tmp/.X1-lock Remove this file if there is no X server foo:1 xauth: file /root/.Xauthority does not exist New 'X' desktop is c3po:2 Creating default startup script /root/.vnc/xstartup Starting applications specified in /root/.vnc/xstartup Log file is /root/.vnc/foo:2.log
Thunar
Run Thunar file explorer as root
sudo Thunar
Ways to set $PATH
The PATH can be set in any of
~/.bashrc ~/.profile ~/.bash_profile ~/.bash_login /etc/profile /etc/environment /etc/bash.bashrc
Which ones are read depends on the kind of bash session you are running. What you want to do is grep for PATH in all these files.
$ grep PATH ~/.bashrc ~/.profile ~/.bash_profile ~/.bash_login \ /etc/profile /etc/environment /etc/bash.bashrc
I have a nifty little bash function for just this sort of issue:
grep_bash(){ for f in ~/.bashrc ~/.profile ~/.bash_profile ~/.bash_login \ /etc/profile /etc/environment /etc/bash.bashrc; do [ -e $f ] && grep -H "$@" $f; done }
I have that in my .bashrc so whenever something strange is going on, I use it to look for the relevant string in all possible config files. For example:
$ grep_bash PATH
As a side note, not having /sbin and /usr/sbin in a normal user's PATH is standard practice for most distributions. There is no reason for a normal user to have these directories in their path. I just checked on a Debian, and Ubuntu Server and a SuSe machine and only the Ubuntu seems to add /sbin to a normal user's path and it does so in /etc/environment. The other two only add it if the user is root.