"john smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I do not understand why all of a sudden some commands for root are not > found (like adduser,ldconfig etc) looking at my path I found out that > /usr/sbin,/sbin are not there anymore!!! strange? anyway, when I added > them again to my path everythings back to normal now. I wonder what > could have caused them to dissappear from my path?. now my question is > I would like /usr/sbin and /sbin to be the first directories searched > in my path instead them being the last directories searched (I used > the command export PATH=$PATH:/blah blah to add them but they are the > last directories searched. I'd like to move them to be the first > directories searched.
The sbin directories are usually not added to the path of a non-root user. I'm guessing that you used su to become root, which doesn't change your enviornment (e.g. your path) by default. You can `man su' to find the right parameter for this or, better yet, use sudo. HTH, cbb
