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/sbin/reboot

As a user, your path does not include /sbin or /usr/sbin.

When you su, root inherits the user environment.

Make sure you type the _complete_ path to run a command.

        - Mike

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On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Russ Brucks wrote:

> When I Telnet into my box, how can I reboot it from a Telnet session?  I 
> can get superuser like "attributes" by running  su  from the command line, 
> but I get
> 
> bash:  reboot:  command not found
> 
> when I try to reboot the Linux box.  What file do I need to edit to allow 
> root to telnet into my box?  I realize that can be a security hole, but I 
> am on an isolated lan, and the box is across the street, so if I want to 
> reboot it, I have to walk over there...  :(  Any help is GREATLY 
> appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
> 
> Russ
> 
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> Russ Brucks   \    ,------------------------'   \  Tulsa, OK 74133-1468
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> 

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