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)
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.