RE: Service Command

[Neumann, Shannon M]

Title: Message

My first message was to indicate that if you include the '-' in the command, then you should get in to root's environment.  But, I think this is only the case if root has a valid shell listed in /etc/passwd.  By setting root to have no login shell, the 'su -' command will probably fail.   Shannon Neumann CIS Coordinator Indiana Institute of Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] (260) 422-5561 ext. 2231   -----Original Message----- From: David Busby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 4:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Service Command Seems like the environment for root isn't getting read when you su to root.   ----- Original Message ----- From: Neumann, Shannon M To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 13:35 Subject: Re: Service Command  oops...  i read your last post a bit too hastily.  you did say that you disabled login rights for root, and the su - simply makes it a login shell.  my bad...       Shannon Neumann CIS Coordinator Indiana Institute of Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] (260) 422-5561 ext. 2231   -----Original Message----- From: Shannon Neumann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 4:34 PM To: Neumann, Shannon M Subject: [Fwd: Re: Service Command] -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Service Command Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 16:14:55 -0500 From: Shannon Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You need to use su - This will get you into root's environment. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Until recently I had ssh'd to my Redhat 7.3 machine with the root username. I have removed the login rights now and access the machine with a local user account, then su to root. Now there are a lot of commands I can no longer run from anywhere like I have in the past. The main one being the "service" command used to start, stop, and restart services. Anyone have a clue how to get those features back? Thanks Billy -- Shannon Neumann Neumannweb Computers www.neumannweb.net -- Shannon Neumann Neumannweb Computers www.neumannweb.net