$PATH

[andersons001 at hawaii.rr.com]

>hello, i was wondering if someone could clarify $PATH to me.   I am a
>little unclear as to how i set the path permanently,  ive seen it mention
>that you can modify .login and .profile.  Please correct me if im wrong,
>.login is to set the path for users and .profile is to set the path for
>su??  I checked out my path and i noticed that they are both the same for
>su and users,  i also noticed that /usr/local/bin was in the path but i
>just read in the tucows tutorial that su shouldnt have /usr/local/bin in
>the path.
>
>please help, id like to figure out how to configure the path properly
>
>thanks,
>Ronnie
>
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