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  From: John Edwards <isplist@pinnacle.net.au>
  To  : Peter Georgaras <pgeorgar@bigpond.net.au>
  Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:03:14 +0930

Re: "root" vs. "su"

Peter Georgaras wrote:

> When I log in as user then "su" to root, I get "bash <command>: command not
> found", however logged in as "root" all works as expected.

It's a path issue, /sbin and /usr/sbin aren't in the path for normal
users, and that normal user environment is inherited by su.

Try: su -l

John Edwards

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