----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthias Blankertz" <matthias@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:16 AM Subject: Re: /sbin not in path in su? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Am Dienstag 16 Dezember 2003 17:11 schrieb Mike Evans: > > Sorry if this has been covered... I'm new to the list and the search > > function in the archives is non-op. After a brand new install of Fedora > > Core 1 on my Thinkpad R40, I was trying to compile some drivers and > > noticed that all the errors and warnings that cropped up were related to > > the script not being able to find "ifconfig" > > > > Since ifconfig is in /sbin and I was su, why wouldn't /sbin be in my > > PATH? I'm not only confused about that, but how to remedy the > > situation. Thanks for the help. > > > > Mike > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > If you switch to root from another user account with su then the enviroment > variables (including /sbin and /usr/sbin in PATH) of root are not set, which > means you can fix the problem by either logging in as root directely or by > executing 'export PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin'. Or by typing 'su -' instead of 'su'.
