On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 12:22 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 08:18 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 05:15 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > > On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 23:00 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 21:31 -0400, Marc Ferguson wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > The PATH variable seems to already have a value in it: > > > > > > > > > > PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin > > > > > > > > I should hope so. $PATH is where the Shell looks for commands to > > > > execute. It's a list of directories to look in. > > > > > > > > lspci and friends are in /sbin (or sometimes in /usr/sbin). /sbin/lspci > > > > etc. will run them. Or do this in .bash_profile: > > > > > > > > PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:$PATH > > > > > > Better is > > > > > > PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin > > > > > > There are some programs with the same name in both /bin and /sbin > > > and /usr/bin and /usr/sbin that behave differently. If you are a > > > regular user, you want the /bin and /usr/bin ones, not the /sbin > > > and /usr/sbim ones. > > > > Yes, but in the context of the question I'm assuming he's root, when you > > want it the other way round. > > Fair enough, but if he really is *logged in* as root (in a login shell), > these should be in his path already. That's set in /etc/profile. > > If he su'd to root without the - (--login) option that would explain his > problem. Correct. poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
