On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 14:54 -0400, starcycle@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > On 7/6/06, fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx > <fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Both the shell and the 'which' command search the directories in your > > PATH variable. ifconfig is in /sbin along with other utilities > > used for system administration. When you log in as root, /sbin and > > /usr/sbin is included in the PATH setting. Normally other users don't > > get those, although like most other things you can change that to > > suit yourself. If you "su - " from another logged in user you will > > pick up root's login environment. If you su without the '-' you keep > > the original environment and thus the PATH. > > > > they weren't for me, on either system i installed. i had to manually > add those to the path in /root/.bashrc to have access to them without > typing /sbin/<command> or /usr/sbin/<command>, etc. everytime. damned > annoying. i haven't read the whole digest on this topic, but i can see > how someone new to linux could be confused by not having the command > available. imo, FC should default to putting the /sbin, /usr/sbin, > /usr/bin etc. paths in the root $PATH. Do you log in in some way that avoids running /etc/profile? Mine (in a stock install) adds /sbin, /usr/sbin, and /user/local/sbin if your uid is 0. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
