tom wrote: > Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > > > r...@freedom:~# echo $PATH > > > /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games > > > r...@freedom:~# > > > > You seemed to have modified root's default PATH. You should have the > > directories listed in the error message, specifically the sbin > > directories. Perhaps that is the result of a broken "sudo su" or similar? > > Thanks. Jordan. I just installed Lenny, and it's at default (I haven't > touched it). Is this an issue that should be reported as a bug?
If you had just installed Lenny then the path would be correct. Therefore it is some modification since installation. Really! :-) This is a very well tested part of the system. PATH is set when you log into your account in /etc/profile. You may have modified that file or set something in /root/profile that overrides the default PATH. On a fresh install the /etc/profile will be copied from the template in the base-files package at /usr/share/doc/base-files/profile and you can compare against it for differences and update from it. Same for /root/.profile and /usr/share/doc/base-files/dot.profile. Look in /etc/profile, /root/profile, /root/.bashrc and look for anything that modifies PATH. If you are logging in as a non-root user and then using su or sudo to switch users to root then look in those accounts first. Something is modifying your PATH. Bob
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