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Subject: [gentoo-user] Updating $PATH variable permanently for root not working
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Not sure what I'm missing...

I login as normal user, then su - to root...

I've created /root/.bashrc, and added the following:

export PATH="${PATH}:/path/I/want/to/add"

If I logout, then su - back into root, shouldn't I see the new path?

Manually exporting it during the session works, so obviously I'm missing 
something...