[olug] Path statement

[Jason Ferguson]

OOoooo, one I can handle.

Nate, keep in mind that your normal user account and the root account have
different paths.  Lilo and fdisk are probably in the /sbin directory. Ive
noticed that as root I can run those, but as a normal user, I have to go
to that directory.

Now, the PATH statement may be set in your .bashrc, .bash_profile, or
whatever config you have for your shell (Im assuming you use bash). Also,
look at the file /etc/profile, which sets info for all system users.

Your path statement should look something like this:

PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games"

Notice each directory is separated by a colon. Now, add in /sbin,
/usr/sbin, and any other directory you want to be able to access from
anywhere.

Good luck,
Jason





Nathan Brown wrote:

> In my present install of Red Hat 7 I have a problem I did not have with
> previous installs of the same version .  Some programs such as FDISK or
> LILO and some others too will not load when I type fdisk or lilo in the
> command line.
> I'm not familiar with anything that be like the path statement in DOS's
> Autoexec file, or is it the config sys.   Can't remember .. Is there
> something like that in Linux?  If there is something like this that I
> can write to what is it?
>
> Thanks,
> Nate
>
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