Where is the login shell path set for /user/games etc..?

Question

When I launch a terminal in ubuntu I get following path on echo $PATH

/home/myuser/anaconda3/condabin:/home/myuser/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin

I want to remove those paths with games keyword from my $PATH , but I couldn't find from where the path like /usr/games , /user/local/games , /usr/sbin are set.

I tried to grep by grep xxx ~/.* -l

This gives files which set /usr/bin , /usr/local/bin etc..

But not for the above mentioned games and sbin paths. How do I find from where it's set?

Answer 1

There are several places it could be set. To start with, it can be set in one or more of the following:

• any shell profile script (e.g. ~/.bashrc, /etc/profile, /etc/bash.bashrc, /etc/profile.d/*, etc)
• /etc/login.defs
• /etc/security/pam_env.conf
• /etc/environment
• $HOME/.pam_environment

Answer 2

If it is not set in your personal environment, then it is set for every user. That means somewhere under /etc. Go to /etc and issue:

grep usr.games * */* */*/* 2> /dev/null

On an Ubuntu installation, that will give you:

environment:PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games"
login.defs:ENV_PATH     PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
manpath.config:MANPATH_MAP      /usr/games              /usr/share/man
passwd:games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/usr/sbin/nologin
passwd-:games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/usr/sbin/nologin

The passwd files are for the user games, so of no importance. manpath is for reading the manuals. So, is you remove it from environment and login.defs, your gaming-days are over.