Problems with ifconfig in Fedora 8

[Aaron Konstam]

On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 18:06 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 15:58 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 10:33 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 09:50 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 11:46 +0200, Pedro Jose wrote:
> > > > > Thanks.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I send this question because in others computers with Fedora 8
> > > > > installed, when I login as root with su, ifconfig is available, but in
> > > > > my computer no. I'll try with su-, but my question is why  it works in
> > > > > other computers and not in mine with su.
> > > > > 
> > > > It should not work on any computer. As was explained in the previous
> > > > post su makes you root with the users environment that does not
> > > > have /sbin or /usr/sbin in its path.
> > > 
> > > Maybe not by default, but I usually modify /etc/bashrc to include /sbin
> > > and /usr/sbin in the PATH for root. /etc/profile actually does this
> > > already but of ocurse that's only for login shells. I don't really see
> > > the point of not doing it for "normal" su usage.
> > > 
> > > poc
> > > 
> > I hope yo mean you put /sbin and /usr/sbin in the path for users. These
> > are already in the default path for root.
> 
> I mean "for users becoming root via su without actually logging in as
> root using 'su -'"
We are either saying the same thing or your language is ill chosen. Any
user who becomes root using su and has access to /sbin and /usr/sbin in
his path, had that access before he typed su. When you type su you
become root but with the user's environment.



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