How to set global PATH on OS X Server 10.6.6?

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Published on 2011-02-08T14:29:23Z Indexed on 2011/02/08 15:27 UTC
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I'm running Tomcat on OS X Server 10.6.6 under the normal Web component that comes with the OS. This has worked fine so far, but I need to add some entries to the $PATH environment variable for programs that I want access to from the web server (more specifically, I'm running Hudson under Tomcat which needs access to build tools that I have installed).

Tomcat and the Web component seems to run under the user _appserver which has a different $PATH than the administrator account.

What's the proper way to add a global entry to the $PATH in OS X Server for the Web component? Preferable it should be done only once so that both the _appserver and Administrator user can access the same $PATH.

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