sudo -i Yes i will burn in heck. On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 at 08:19, James Roberts via GLLUG < gllug@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
> "Use su - instead" - we always were supposed to do that and I tried to > remember to do so, but bad habits learned early on persist and I often > slipped. Now I'll be forced into canonicity :) > > MeJ > > On 01/09/2020 18:24, Andy Smith via GLLUG wrote: > > Hello, > > > > On Tue, Sep 01, 2020 at 04:01:04PM +0000, MJ via GLLUG wrote: > >> desktop@desktop:~$ su > >> Password: > >> root@desktop:/home/desktop# adduser desktop dialout > >> bash: adduser: command not found > >> root@desktop:/home/desktop# > > > > Most likely /usr/sbin isn't in your path as "su" doesn't do that any > > more. > > > > https://wiki.debian.org/NewInBuster > > > > == Changes > > > > * The su command in buster is provided by the util-linux source > > package, instead of the shadow source package, and no longer > > alters the PATH variable by default. This means that after doing > > su, your PATH may not contain directories like /sbin, and many > > system administration commands will fail. > > > >> This is LPC 101 standard stuff?! > > > > Rote learning goes out of date. Working out how to diagnose a > > "command not found" error is more valuable. > > > > $ command -v adduser > > /sbin/adduser > > # Oh, /usr/sbin is in my user's path then. Because I set that on purpose > > $ PATH= command -v adduser > > $ apt-file search bin/adduser > > adduser: /usr/sbin/adduser > > $ dpkg -L adduser | grep bin > > /usr/sbin > > /usr/sbin/adduser > > /usr/sbin/deluser > > /usr/sbin/addgroup > > /usr/sbin/delgroup > > $ ls -lah /usr/sbin/adduser > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 34K Sep 15 2018 /usr/sbin/adduser > > > > So, PATH issue. > > > > Cheers, > > Andy > > > > -- > Stabilys Ltd www.stabilys.com > 244 Kilburn Lane > LONDON > W10 4BA > > 0845 838 5370 > > -- > GLLUG mailing list > GLLUG@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug
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