Quoting Raymond Norton <admin at lctn.org>: > 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?? > > > Raymond > Doing a simple su does not change your path, so things normally available to root will not be found. Do an su - to get root's environment variables. Elevates privlieges but still uses your environment: $ su Elevates privileges and uses root's environment: $ su - Josh