Giving users access to the system...
 

I just added a user my system, and the user apparently doesn't have access to anything on the system, including commands, ie. if I type ifconfig, or fdisk under this user on the command line, I get a "Command not found" message. What do I need to do the fix this. Thanks.

do you *really* want this user messing with your configuration?

did you add the user manually, or did you use `adduser`

Well, it's just me, but I think I now realize why this is...sometimes I can be a real BoneHead!!!

<bnice is afflicted by an occasional case of cerebral flatulence as well>

:scratch:
:D

Some of the commands you can run if you enter it with the full path.
For instance:

/sbin/ifconfig

It's a good habit however, to only run root type commands as root, I think.

you can change the permissions by editing the /etc/sudoers file (with the command 'visudo'). I use a three-tiered permission system, where I've added my own user account to the group 'wheel' which I give a little more permission than regular users.