On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 11:37:53AM -0700, stormi wrote: > On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 11:51 -0600, Robert C Wittig wrote: > > stormi wrote: > > > > > are you su'd to root? In a number of distros, you can't deal with > > > services unless you're "root". That's the exact message that you > > would > > > get as a regular user trying to restart a service. > > > > > > > In mu Red Hat Enterprise, when I su to root, /sbin is still not in my > > $PATH, so I have to remember to type in the full path for /sbin > > utilities. > > Ah! This is good information! > > In my mandrake, it's available in root's path.
Remember you can get root's path as well by doing su - (that's su, a space and a hyphen) -- Scott GPG KeyID EB3467D6 ( 1B848 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 D575 EB34 67D6) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Spike: Where have you been pet? Drusilla: I went for a walk. I met an old man. I didn't like him, he got stuck in my teeth. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/lOt0.A/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
