no comands (shotdown, fdisk) executable with root (fedora8, kde 3.5)

xcorsary · 04-06-2008, 09:50 AM

hi again!

i have been trying to use the shutdown and the fdisk command under root but it doesnt work...

Quote:

bash: fdisk: command not found

but when i type man shutdown the manual will appear.

any help?

tkx

beadyallen · 04-06-2008, 09:52 AM

You've probably just run 'su' to log in as root. This doesn't read the bash profile settings in the /root directory. Use 'su -' instead, and you'll log in a a proper root (i.e. with /sbin and /usr/sbin in your path).

Samotnik · 04-06-2008, 11:00 AM

Check PATH variable, if there are all of bin directories.

xcorsary · 04-06-2008, 11:35 AM

tks a lot guys!!! it worked with the su -!
but in case you have time, can you explain me why did i have to use the su - and not just su?

again, tkx a lot!

mk

Wim Sturkenboom · 04-07-2008, 12:45 AM

See post #2 and #3; with su.

The environment is not set to that of the new user. Therefore you don't have the PATH variable set to include certain directories and hence the programs can not be found. With su -, the environment is set to that of the new user.