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Strange output when ssh - bash: ... command not found

Hi!

If I ssh from my headnode to another node as root, I don't seem to get problems, but when I want to become a normal user, it gives me this:

Code:

[root@gnlserv01 ~]# ssh -X normnode1.up.ac.za

Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.

Last login: Fri May  8 15:12:20 2009 from snode0.oscardomain.za

[root@normnode1 ~]# su compchem

bash: dircolors: command not found

bash: sed: command not found

bash: grep: command not found

bash: grep: command not found

bash: sed: command not found

bash: grep: command not found

bash: whoami: command not found

bash: getent: command not found

bash: getent: command not found

bash: egrep: command not found

bash: tail: command not found

bash: awk: command not found

bash: wc: command not found

bash: [: -ne: unary operator expected

generating ssh file /.ssh/id_dsa ...

bash: ssh-keygen: command not found

generating ssh file /.ssh/identity ...

bash: ssh-keygen: command not found

generating ssh file /.ssh/id_rsa ...

bash: ssh-keygen: command not found

bash: cat: command not found

adding id to ssh file /.ssh/authorized_keys2

bash: /.ssh/authorized_keys2: No such file or directory

bash: cat: command not found

adding id to ssh file /.ssh/authorized_keys

bash: /.ssh/authorized_keys: No such file or directory

bash: cat: command not found

adding id to ssh file /.ssh/authorized_keys2

bash: /.ssh/authorized_keys2: No such file or directory

bash: chmod: command not found

How do I cure it?

Thanks!

Does that happen for every user you su to? What is their PATH variable?

Try "su - compchem" (note the use of "-")
Also, see if you have the home directory of compchem intact on the system and that it is owned by compchem.

Hi !

I think the "su - compchem" cured it, although I would also get it if I did /bin/bash. The home directory of compchem is intact, and it is owned by compchem as far as I can see. It looks like this for all the files:

Code:

[compchem@normnode1 ~]$ cd

[compchem@normnode1 ~]$ ll

total 9616

-rw-rw-r-- 1 compchem compchem    331 2009-04-14 18:26 Browse.desktop

The path looks like this:

Code:

[compchem@normnode1 ~]$ echo $PATH

/soft/network/general/bin:/opt/maui/bin:/opt/pgi/linux86-64/8.0/bin:/opt/pgi/linux86-64/8.0/mpi/mpich/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/opt/pvm3/lib:/opt/pvm3/lib/LINUX64:/opt/pvm3/bin/LINUX64:/opt/env-switcher/bin:/opt/pbs/bin:/opt/pbs/lib/xpbs/bin:/opt/c3-4/:/soft/gaussian/g03/bsd:/soft/gaussian/g03/private:/soft/gaussian/g03:/soft/gaussian:/home/compchem/bin

Thanks!