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$SUPATH has no effect as root path

$SUPATH has no effect as root path

Post by robson s » Tue, 05 Nov 2002 08:07:11



Hi there,

Just installed Solaris 8 on my home LAN to get a feeling of the
all-powerful system admin. Now I'm stuck with a seemingly easy problem
but just can't figure it out...

I set PATH and SUPATH in /etc/profile. But after I login as root, I
can't execute some commands unless I specify the whole path. This is
how it goes:

(login as root)
# ifconfig -a
ifconfig: not found

# /usr/sbin/ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index
1
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
xxx.....

# echo $PATH
/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/local/bin:/etc:/opt/sfw/bin:

# echo $SUPATH
/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/etc:/opt/sfw/bin:

$PATH and $SUPATH are there but $SUPATH has no effect. Any idea on why
it doesn't work?

Thanks in advance!

Robson Sun

 
 
 
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$SUPATH has no effect as root path

Post by Daniel Bir » Tue, 05 Nov 2002 08:43:39


try setting your $PATH to include /usr/sbin !!! :)

>Hi there,

>Just installed Solaris 8 on my home LAN to get a feeling of the
>all-powerful system admin. Now I'm stuck with a seemingly easy problem
>but just can't figure it out...

>I set PATH and SUPATH in /etc/profile. But after I login as root, I
>can't execute some commands unless I specify the whole path. This is
>how it goes:

>(login as root)
># ifconfig -a
>ifconfig: not found

># /usr/sbin/ifconfig -a
>lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index
>1
>        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
>xxx.....

># echo $PATH
>/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/local/bin:/etc:/opt/sfw/bin:

># echo $SUPATH
>/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/etc:/opt/sfw/bin:

>$PATH and $SUPATH are there but $SUPATH has no effect. Any idea on why
>it doesn't work?

>Thanks in advance!

>Robson Sun


 
 
 
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$SUPATH has no effect as root path

Post by robson s » Wed, 06 Nov 2002 03:40:26



> try setting your $PATH to include /usr/sbin !!! :)

Thanks for the reply, but I'm setting system wide environment
variables. I don't want /use/sbin to appear in each user account's
$PATH.  :-(
 
 
 
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$SUPATH has no effect as root path

Post by Casper H.S. Di » Wed, 06 Nov 2002 05:20:59



>I set PATH and SUPATH in /etc/profile. But after I login as root, I
>can't execute some commands unless I specify the whole path. This is
>how it goes:

SUPATH is not used except initally when logging in from /etc/default/login

I.e., use:

        PATH=.....:$PATH

in /etc/.profile and root wil pick up $SUPATH as PATH and ordinary
users get the PATH from e/tc/default/login.

Casper
--
Expressed in this posting are my opinions.  They are in no way related
to opinions held by my employer, Sun Microsystems.
Statements on Sun products included here are not gospel and may
be fiction rather than truth.

 
 
 
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