🚀 go-pugleaf

Hello World

I need some help in tracking down some startup files. I presume these
must exist on my system as I see their effect but I can't find them. In
particular I am concerned about my PATH environment being set. I have a
number of startup files (including rc.S rc.M and rc.local) in my
/etc/rc.d directory. These set PATH to /usr/bin:/usr/sbin. That's good,
but when I try and run a program in /usr/sbin it can't be found. I then
type env and find my PATH has been mysteriously and erroneously changed
to include a number of bizzare directories including /usr/andrew/bin but
not /usr/sbin. This happens whether I log on as a normal user or root.
Another problem which I suspect is related is, when I log on as normal
user I get coloured directory listings but not when I log on as root.

I am using Linux 1.3.18 which I installed from Slackware 3.0.  There are
no startup files in my home or root directories (ie no .login .profile
etc) that I can find.

So I have three questions:

1. Who the hell is andrew and what's he doing on my system?
2. What files could be responsible for changing my PATH?
3. What files could be responsible for the difference in colour
listings?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, it's driving me nuts!!

Wayne
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   *	  Wayne M Best
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