> -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Saltzman [mailto:mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tue, July 08, 2003 1:05 AM > To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: User can't run up2date > > > I have several systems running RH9, and on all but one the > user can run > up2date from a shell. On the last system, the console user can run > up2date from the RHN applet, but from a shell, the result is: > > $ up2date > warning: can't access /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date > warning: can't access /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date-uuid > No rhnuuid config option found in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date-uuid. > > This happens before the prompt for the root password. > > The config files in /etc/sysconfig/rhn appear to be similar on all > systems and have the same permissions. I don't recall doing anything > different on the problem system during or after the install. > Any ideas, > anyone? You probably have /usr/sbin in your PATH before /usr/bin. File /usr/bin/up2date is meant to be run by users (and it is a symbolic link to consolehelper) while /usr/sbin/up2date meant to be run only by root. Either change your path, or run /usr/bin/up2date. Pavel. > > TIA. > > -- > Matthew Saltzman > > Clemson University Math Sciences > mjs@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list >
