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[Brian Murray <brian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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Title:
  /sbin not in $PATH

Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When I login in via gdm /sbin is not in my $PATH.

  10:07:37 - flash:[~] echo $PATH
  /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/bdmurray/bin/:/home/bdmurray/bin/

  However, if I ssh to my system it is set:

  10:13:38 - flash:[~] ssh localhost
  bdmurray@localhost's password: 
  bdmurray@flash:[~] echo $PATH
  /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/home/bdmurray/bin/

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: gdm 3.0.4-0ubuntu9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  CheckboxSubmission: fee5e196cb921cbd36888f428b38b488
  CheckboxSystem: 2a6f54df59af338184485e85cbcf0d32
  Date: Wed Sep  7 10:06:24 2011
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/zsh
  SourcePackage: gdm
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-06 (1 days ago)

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