-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Raymond Norton wrote: > When I ssh to one of our servers as a normal user and su to root, none of > the root commands will work; ifconfig, service xx start, etc.. The shell > indicates ifconfig and service cannot be found. Whoami shows I am logged > in as root?? > Some distros don't add the */sbin entries to your path when you su (I know Redhat does this). You can do three things: 1> su - This will handle the su command as a login and setup environment variables as if you had logged in as root and not su 2> export PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin You can do this after 'su'ing to add those paths to you current path 3> type the entire path to the command ie. /sbin/mount - -- The Wandering Dru GnuPG Key: 0x506A915F http://www.druswanderings.net Get nifty TCLUG merchandise at the TCLUG Store! http://www.cafeshops.com/tclug -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) iD8DBQFChPEYiwhv4FBqkV8RAuXgAKDEeyi/eLCH5Hy/oqrnKRGRgNJ8mQCgrIzs OmF4l0tTVU+N1QTUmPa4Oa0= =QFwd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----