-bash id: command not found

PeterLong · 07-22-2015, 09:28 AM

hi,
I'm running REDHAT ENT 6. After installed some software and a Java JDK, When I login back in. I got this messages:

Last login: Tue Jul 21 20:59:48 2015 from 192.168.100.1
-bash: id: command not found
-bash: tty: command not found
-bash: uname: command not found

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I checked my ENV PATH

#echo $PATH
/opt/tomcat/bin:/usr/lib64/qt3.3/bin:/opt/maven/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_51//bin:/opt/ant/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$PATH:/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_51/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_51/jre/bin

How do I fix this problem?

many thanks

jdkaye · 07-22-2015, 09:49 AM

Hi and welcome to LQ.
On my system I find these commands here:

Code:

:~$ which tty
/usr/bin/tty
~$ which id
/usr/bin/id
~$ which uname
/bin/uname

I notice you don't have /usr/bin and /bin in your PATH variable. You might try adding them.
jdk

PeterLong · 07-22-2015, 10:02 AM

hello JDK,
thanks for helping
I've logged as root and tried your commands:

[root@localhost ~]# which tty
/usr/bin/which: no tty in (/opt/tomcat/bin:/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/opt/maven/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_51//bin:/opt/ant/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$PATH:/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_51/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_51/jre/bin:/root/bin)
[root@localhost ~]# which id
/usr/bin/which: no id in (/opt/tomcat/bin:/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/opt/maven/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_51//bin:/opt/ant/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$PATH:/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_51/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_51/jre/bin:/root/bin)
[root@locahost ~]# which uname
/usr/bin/which: no uname in (/opt/tomcat/bin:/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/opt/maven/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_51//bin:/opt/ant/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$PATH:/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_51/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_51/jre/bin:/root/bin)

I'm getting the "command not found " in all user accounts that I am logging.

any suggestions?

thanks so much.
Peter

grail · 07-22-2015, 10:27 AM

Well I see 2 issues:

1. As pointed out you do not have standard location for commands (/bin and /usr/bin) in your PATH. This would mean you will need to use the full path to any command to use it

2. $PATH is listed as being part of your PATH. This is very odd as it should be expanded prior to being displayed

So you can start investigating, on the command line enter the following:

Code:

PATH=$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin

This should now give you access to use all normal commands until you login again.

To find where the problem lies I would investigate .login, .profile, .bashrc, .bach_profile both within your user directory and the /etc directory to see what PATH is being set to and where the
issue is occurring.