Re: [Fedora] Re: Do I need to reinstall?

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Bazooka Joe wrote:
That happens to me also - not w/ those particular progs but anything
in /usr/sbin and /sbin I have to specify the path and yes I am su'd as
root.  I figured it was something i screwed in my .profile and haven't
bothered to spend the time to figure it out.

Please note that 'su root' is NOT the same as 'su - root'. In the first case it will retain YOUR defined path, whereas the second one will switch to root's path.

su root:

[6] 12:55:07 <kirash@ivanhoe:~> echo $PATH
/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/kirash/bin

[7] 12:55:10 <kirash@ivanhoe:~> su root
Password:
[1] 12:55:17 <root@ivanhoe:/home/kirash> echo $PATH
/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/kirash/bin


   Now the other one: su - root

[8] 12:55:59 <kirash@ivanhoe:~> echo $PATH
/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/kirash/bin

[9] 12:56:02 <kirash@ivanhoe:~> su - root
Password:
[1] 12:56:05 <root@ivanhoe:~> echo $PATH
/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin

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