Adding user creating command not found problem

Geetha S R · 01-16-2006, 04:59 PM

I am working with Suse Linux Enterprise server 9 on VMware. Whenever i add new users the software gets problem in loading. now i got a problem in using the linux common commands like ls, ifconfig. error getting command not found. Can not logon to any user. When i oopen terminal window i get a message " bash: /bin/ls: No such file or directory;" what's the problem.

gilead · 01-16-2006, 05:07 PM

Command not found means you tried to run a file that did not exist on your path as an executable. But there's not enough info there to answer your problem - except maybe by someone who had exactly the same problem

Can you please post what you were doing to get the errors (had you just upgraded or removed some software), whether you were logged in as root (or an ordinary user) and the exact error messages?

Geetha S R · 01-17-2006, 02:22 AM

I have installed suse linux in vmware. I was just practicing some linux commands, like adding users, deleting users that'st. before it was working properly. After adding user (command used: adduser -c "Geetha" -m geetha; passwd geetha) after this command i loged in as user geetha i could'nt properly and not able to few linux commands like ls, path, ifconfig. and few commands are working like vi. i was

abisko00 · 01-17-2006, 07:20 AM

I would guess that the PATH variable is messed-up somehow. Type 'echo $PATH' to see whether /bin, /usr/bin, etc. are appearing. Can you change to /bin?

I'd suggest to use YaST to add new users. This way you ensure that everything will be set properly.