Different Jenkins PATH

Question

I’m using Jenkins from user Jenkins and has path $PATH set to something. But when I go to Jenkins web interface in system properties, I see a different $path.

I have installed Jenkins on Centos with the native rpm from Jenkins website. 

An someone explain why is this happening?

Answer 1

Changes you make to $path in bash wont be affected in shell, hence it will show a different $path.

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 there

2) Go to the configuration page of your slave, and add environment variable PATH, with value: $PATH:/followed-by/paths/you/want/to/add

Answer 2

just add:

source /etc/profile

As the first step in my build process.

I assume you're running a shell command as part of your build. Put source /etc/profile as the first command in that Build > Execute Shell > Command textarea