Be advised that there are certain verbs/commands you don't and can't do from your own login or su'd. Unix/Linux and the systems are set up with certain commands that should only be made while in root. These are usually configuration, hardware, low down and dirty system functions, and key kernel process commands. If you make the command permissions and paths so another user can do them, they can have a dibilitating effect when you least expect or want. Believe me! I had a disk that went away and we determined, as best we could, it had been set up and extended under an su. "So, be careful out there." "You betcha, Sarge." Keep looking up, Tim Sinks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom" <chrome at real-time.com> To: "TCLUG Mailing List" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Lost > On 12/01 04:55 , Sam MacDonald wrote: > > So I "ifconfig" and it doesn't work, I get "ifconfig: not found" > > > > I used su to change to super user, entered the password, same result > > check your $PATH when you use 'su' rather than 'su -'; /sbin isn't added to > your path if you don't do a full login shell. (and you haven't modified your > default path to include it). > > Carl Soderstrom. > -- > Systems Administrator > Real-Time Enterprises > www.real-time.com > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list