Bug 90125
| Summary: | path variables not correctly set at install | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | jan <jwoolders> |
| Component: | installer | Assignee: | Michael Fulbright <msf> |
| Status: | CLOSED NOTABUG | QA Contact: | Brock Organ <borgan> |
| Severity: | low | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 9 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | i686 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2003-05-02 21:40:24 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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Just doing 'su' does not get you a new login environment, you need to use 'su -' if you wish to get your environment set up with root's path, etc. |
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030225 Description of problem: The path variable is not correctly set/changes when using a terminal in the "user" accound using "su" to gain root. ( im sorry if this is the wrong bug group, could not find the right one) after loggin in to gnome or kde pick the terminal from the "redhat-start" menu. su to a root accound. try to run ifconfig or anything else in the /sbin/ directory. comands can not be found. path variable for root to /sbin/ is not set su-ing from a user account Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.log as a user ( using x) 2.start the terminal 3.su to root 4.type <ifconfig><enter> 5.command not found ( path not found.) Actual Results: command not found error. Expected Results: ifconfig shoud have started nicely. Additional info: this is a low prio bug for experianced users. newbies will find this a showstopper ( not being able to execute simple commands)