Bash commands not include???
 

Hi!

I'm using the RH7.1 distro and when I type (in root) in the console "modprobe ..." or "lsmod ...", there's a message : "Command not found"... ???
What does that mean? These commands aren't installed by default???
THX for help!

does grep, chown, ls etc.. work?

if so, it'll be your path statement, as those system programs are in /sbin/ which is frequently not on your path, i think if you su to root from a normal user, you still often won't have your path changed totally

I'll just clarify:

The commands are for system administration and are placed in /sbin or sometimes /usr/sbin.

You can only run programs that you specify the path to, or are in directories that are specified in your $PATH variable.

To change to root and execute root's logon scripts, which should let you run these commands without speficy the path manually use this command:

As you need to be root to make use of those commands anyway there is no point in adding /sbin to your normal user $PATH.

Commands OK!
 

Hi guys!

To answer to Acid_Kewpie: the "grep", "ls", "chown" commands work with $user but "lsmod" and "modprobe" don't...
Anyway, with the root "su -" user, these two commands work great!
THX for help guys !!!

Check out whether you have 'slocate' on your system or not, it keeps a database of all files on your system once you run the correct command (usually 'updatedb'). I use it pretty much constantly if I have to find a file.