Does your .bashrc in the user's $HOME directory look something like this?
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# .bashrc
# User specific aliases and functions
# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc
fi
# Path to Cadence topmost directory
export CDSHOME=/home/tools/cadence
# Path to the Cadence License Server
export LIC_SERVER=$CDSHOME/LCU/tools/bin
# Path to License folder
export LIC_PATH=$CDSHOME/LCU/share/license
# Path to License file
export CDS_LIC_FILE=$LIC_PATH/License_your-lic-numbers-go-here.txt
# Environment variable required by the NCSU-SDK kit.
export CDK_DIR=$CDSHOME/NCSU/ncsu-cdk-1.5.1
# PATH environment variable modified to include Cadence
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:$CDSHOME:$CDSHOME/LCU/share/license:$CDSHOME/MMSIM61/tools/bin:$CDSHOME/IC5141/tools/dfII/bin:$C DSHOME/IC5141/tools/bin:$CDSHOME/ASSURA316-5141/tools/bin:$CDSHOME/IUS58/tools/bin:$CDSHOME/IC11241/tools/bin:$CDSHOME/NEOCE LL34/tools/bin
export CDS_Netlisting_Mode="Analog"
# End of .bashrc
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John