Remember that "su -" will alter your environment to include /sbin and /usr/sbin, while "su" will not.
Jon On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Mark Haney wrote: > Leonard Miller wrote: > > Who are you running the command as? Root should be the only person > > that can run the service command. If you "su" to root and it doesn't > > work, try to use "su -" instead. Or just type /sbin/service. If it > > still says command not found, do a "which service" and see what it > > says. > > > > Leonard > > > > Automatically inserted lawyer supplied confidentiality notice follows. > > > > > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/05/03 03:10PM >>> > > Okay, I've been meaning to ask this question several times and never > > got around to it, but now I'm curious. I've seen on this list > > several times commands like: service blah blah restart. When I try > > the command bash tells me 'service: command not found'. What am I > > missing to allow me to use this? This would be much easier than > > going through init.rd to get a particular daemon to restart, start or > > otherwise. Could someone clue me in on this? > > > > -------------------------------------------- > > Jesus is coming - look busy! > > > > Mark Haney > > Polk County Schools IT Staff/Technical Guru http://www.polk.k12.nc.us > > > > > > **********CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE********** > > The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential and/or > > privileged and is intended for the sole use of the individual or > > organization named above. If you are not the intended recipient or an > > authorized representative of the intended recipient, any review, > > copying or distribution of this e-mail and its attachments, if any, > > is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please > > notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete this > > message from your system. > > Okay, someone please smack the idiot! I have been trying to run the > command as root, but every time I've seen it in various postings, the > path wasn't included. In my decayed brain, I thought that the command > would work exactly as typed, so I never thought to look for the path. I > am deeply embarrassed. And with that I go home to my pool and my beer. > Thanks, Mr. Miller. > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
