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Ubuntu 24.04 - /usr/games and /usr/local/games missing in $PATH for newly created user accounts

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A fresh installed Ubuntu 24.04 system creates the first user account. That user account has by default the following $PATH = /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin. When I add a new linux user account via adduser or useradd, that new user only has the following $PATH = /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/snap/bin. Directories /usr/games and /usr/local/games are missing. I even added the new user to the same groups as the default user, but that doesn't change anything. I really have no idea why the default user has the additional directories /usr/games and /usr/local/games in his $PATH but newly created user accounts have not. I want that newly created user accounts also have these directories within their $PATH. I also want to understand why the default user account has those but newly created user accounts have not. --- **PS** I greped ~ and /etc/ for games but I found nothing useful --- **PPS** I found out that when I directly login (SSH/console) as the newly created user, the newly created user has the missing directories in $PATH, it seems that those directories are only missing when using sudo -iu $NEWUSER, but why?
Asked by paladin (274 rep)
Feb 22, 2025, 09:25 AM
Last activity: Feb 22, 2025, 09:33 AM