Question

.bashrc (on user account):

export PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH

How can I get Git to work on accounts other than Root?

Answer 1

As root, do which git:

[ 08:45 root@host ~ ]# which git
/usr/local/bin/git

then take the path that is returned (/usr/local/bin/git, or whatever) and add it (except for the last /git part) to that line of the users .bashrc like so:

[ 08:45 jon@host ~ ]$ vi ~/.bashrc

export PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH:/usr/local/bin

Then source the .bashrc file:

[ 08:45 jon@host ~ ]$ source ~/.bashrc

Also, make sure the file is executable by all (not just root) with chmod 755 so it looks like this:

[ 08:45 jon@host ~ ]$ sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/git
[ 08:45 jon@host ~ ]$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/git
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 root  root   613B Jan 12 15:26 git