[olug] Path statement

[Nathan Brown]

Mike Hostetler wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 13 Jan 2001 17:21:46 -0600 Klaruz <Klaruz <pfiled at marietta.edu>> wrote:
> 
> > I don't think you did anything different. The new distro you installed
> > probobly doesn't have /sbin and /usr/sbin in the path to keep yourself from
> > shooting a hole in your foot. The theory is, if we make you type /sbin/lilo
> > instead of lilo we make you think about it first. It's like how rm is set to
> > ask you if you're sure all the time if you're root. You can change all of
> > this by editing your rc files for your shell. I'm not sure if you're using
> > tcsh or bash or something else, so I'll leave that for another email
> >
> 
> Sometimes it depends on how you become root.  If you type
> "su<return>", you will be root (i.e. uid "0"), but you will
> retain your original user's setup, including PATH (which
> won't include /sbin and /usr/sbin).  If you type
> "su -<return>" instead, then you will become root with all
> of root's environment setup, along with all the rights and
> priviledges thereof.
> 
> Of course, if you logged into root on the command line, then
> this whole lesson is null and void.  But you didn't say how
> you were becoming root, so I had to say something.
> 
> Mike
> 
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> in his footsteps?"
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Thanks

I was becoming root with the Graphical interface supplied by red Hat 7

thanks
Nate

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