bash -command not found-
 

Hi guys
I do not know why this happens, and if anyone can help I would be thankful
The story is that sometimes when I use the bash console, I enter common and know commands and it just says "command not found" For example:

[root@localhost aliserver]# ifconfig
bash: ifconfig: command not found

Although Iam logged in as root, and although ifconfig is a common command.
Please help me guys . Iam using RH 9.0

Let me guess .. you logged in as a normal user
and then used su?

Try again, this time with "su -" ... the
- is important, otherwise you inherit the normal
users path which shouldn't have sbin in it.



Cheers,
Tink

It sounds like the command you are trying is not in your current
PATH. When you type a command on the prompt, bash checks
for it's file in all folders inside your PATH environmental variable.

To check your PATH

# echo $PATH

To find the location of a command

# which [command name]

Depending on your configuration, if you open a shell as a user,
then su root, your PATH will still be that of the user you su'd from.
Most users don't have access to /sbin directory's, as they contain
a lot of commands for system admin type activities. So what you
will need to do as root is add a directory to your PATH variable.

# PATH=$PATH:/sbin

This ads /sbin to the existing PATH. If you are using slackware,
you will probably want to add /usr/sbin.

# PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin

Now bash will search those directories for the command you are
trying to use. To see the changes

# echo $PATH

Once you have figured out what directories you want to add to
you PATH, you can add these to your ~/.bashrc file to have them
executed when you enter the shell. This should also work when
you su from another user.

Hope this helps

Both solutions work perfectly


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