Re: sudo and/or PATH problem

Try adding the following to your .bashrc:

PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin[:./]
export PATH

That last part - ':./' - is optional.  If you use it, you won't have to specify './' when calling a program in your current directory.  Some will say that it is bad to do (for security reasons), but having it as the last path searched is just fine in my opinion.

-mb


On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 16:01:51 -0500
Scott Robbins <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 01:32:33PM -0500, Levente -Levi- Littvay wrote:
> > Hello
> > 
> > I am used to using sudo, so I installed it.  My only problem is that when I sudo with my user, I don't have direct access to commands like
> > 
> > ifconfig
> > dhcpcd
> 
> 
> I believe that like  doing an su (as opposed to su - ) it's going to
> leave you in your usual path--therefore, certain things kept in /sbin or
> /usr/sbin won't be available unless you specify the complete path, like
> /sbin/ifconfig.  This is probably what's going on with other commands as
> well.
> 
> HTH
> 
> 
> > 
> > 
> 
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> 
> Scott
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