Oliver Fuchs wrote:
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Kirby Walborn wrote: Here is the answer:NB: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin.You have to (re)define your PATH variable e.g. in your (depends on the shell you are using) .bash_profile or /etc/profile: PATH=:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games Oliver
He's right. Let me guess, this happens when you "su -m" to root.I've had this happen, most users don't have those three in their path, and -m keeps settings like that for root.
Either set the user's path before "su -m" , or use just "su". PaulNM