At 12:35 21/10/98 EDT, Bill Kocik wrote:
>
>> I find that when I've logged in to Linux as user and then su to become
>> root, that I don't have access to the shutdown command. An odd message
>> about bash not being able to see shutdown command.
>>
>> I run bash both as root and user. When I log in as root, su to user, I
>> can shutdown after going back to root. But when I log in as user, I cannot
>> su to root to shut down.
>
I imagine that you are doing
su root
is that right?
well, if you do
su - root
i think that will work as it gets you the root acct's paths, etc.
maybe that will help
adrian b.
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