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Re: how to change the order of directories PATH is searched?



Chris Baker wrote:
> "john smith" <inquirer23@hotmail.com> writes:
> The sbin directories are usually not added to the path of a non-root
> user.  I'm guessing that you used su to become root, which doesn't
> change your enviornment (e.g. your path) by default. 

 use: su -

 which opens a login shell, and runs the startup scripts for the specified user.

ron



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