Ragnar Wiencke wrote:

> Hi there.
> Would anyone of you guys please explain why I can't run for example
> 'ifconfig' or 'ntsysv' when I use su in a telnet session? I allways get the
> 'bash: ifconfig: command not found' message. I thought that su would give me
> all the root rights.
> Looking forward to all your answers.
> Ragnar W.
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su does not have the root path associated with it.  That's why it cannot find
those commands.  If you use 'su -' without the quotes, that will assign the
root path to the session.

Dave McLaughlin



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