Re: sh(1) and ksh(1) default PATH

[nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 10:41:14PM +0000, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Aug 2022, nia wrote:
> 
> > A problem many new NetBSD users encounter is that a default shell
> > without an initialized home directory containing a ~/.profile
> > does not include some system PATH entries that would otherwise be
> > provided from /etc/skel/.profile.
> 
> How did the new user, new home not have the dot file?
> 
> (I'd like to fix that versus code change at first.)
> 
> Even without the dot files, also login should set the default path (to 
> _PATH_DEFPATH which has the /usr/pkg/bin/ the article author needed) and 
> sshd sets it too (to _PATH_STDPATH which also has it).  I wonder why the 
> default path wasn't seen?
> 

Display managers do not create login shells, and xdm was used.