Hi,
Everything was fine until i decided to reinstall Linux(Redhat9) for some reason. I did a typical installation with no problems at all. I then created a normal user account etc. Now, the problem is when i log in as root in a terminal with *su*, none of the commands work...

Commands like *ifconfig* , *setuid* , *getuid* etc dont work at all. Everytime it says command not found.
Heres how it looks

[user@localhost user]$ /bin/su
Password:
[root@localhost user]# ifconfig
bash: ifconfig: command not found
[root@LinuxRH9 mac]#

I thought it was a Path problem, but the path looks fine

This is the path

/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/mac/bin

I dont know what is the problem. I have never come across anything like this in all these days of browsing linux forums or using linux

Please advice on what to do

Thanks in advance

King Nothing

With a simple 'su' you usually won't get root's full path. You will need to try using:

su -

or

su - root

And then make sure /sbin is in root's path as most of those commands you've mentioned are in that directory, which I think Redhat has failed to include by default at times for even root's path.

Regards.

Thanks trickykid

Well it almost solved my issue...

You were absolutely right, with just an *su* the full path for root is not acquired

Heres the difference..

with an *su* the path = bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/user/bin

with an *su - root* the path = /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin

As you can see the /sbin is already included..

Still there is a slight problem...*setuid* doesnt work even after *su -* or *su - root*

Cant think of any reason for this...

Can you tell me what mite be the reason and anything else that i need to do to set it right

Cheers

King Nothing