That was exactly it. Thanks, Pavel. On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Pavel Rozenboim wrote: > > -----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 > > > > > -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
