>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.
The su command, by itself, keeps a majority of the environment of the person
issuing the su command. The get the complete environment of root, you
have to do a "su -".
When all else fails, RTFM.
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