Re: root path change

[Paul Scott <waterhorse@ultrasw.com>]

On 08/30/2011 11:02 AM, David Goodenough wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 Aug 2011, Paul Scott wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm running sid.
> >
> > I have found several partial answers with Google but nothing conclusive.
> >
> > About a week ago 'sudo aptitude' stopped working because /sbin and
> > /usr/sbin are no longer on the path.  Is this possible a recent security
> > improvement?  Aptitude works fine if I use "su -" instead of sudo.
> >
> > Thanks for any information,
> >
> > Paul Scott
> try:-
>
> sudo -i aptitude
>
> which simulates a logon as root and therefore gets the right path.

Thanks!  See the reply I am about to make to Bob.

Paul