I am running Jenkins from user jenkins
thats has $PATH
set to something and when I go into Jenkins web interface, in the System Properties window (http://$host/systemInfo
) I see a different $PATH
.
I have installed Jenkins on Centos with the native rpm from Jenkins website. I am using the startup script provided with the installation using sudo /etc/init.d/jenkins start
Can anyone please explain to me why that happens?
Best Answer
Michael,
Two things:
When Jenkins connects to a computer, it goes to the
sh
shell, and not thebash
shell (at least this is what I have noticed - I may be wrong). So any changes you make to $PATH in your bashrc file are not considered.Also, any changes you make to $PATH in your local shell (one that you personally ssh into) will not show up in Jenkins.
To change the path that Jenkins uses, you have two options (AFAIK):
1) Edit your
/etc/profile
file and add the paths that you want there2) Go to the configuration page of your slave, and add environment variable
PATH
, with value:$PATH:/followed-by/paths/you/want/to/add
If you use the second option, your System Information will still not show it, but your builds will see the added paths.