The cd command is a built-in command of the shell -- there is no cd command in, 
say, /bin.

Even if there were, sudo cd /some/where would not make sense: sudo runs the 
command in a new shell with the enhanced permissions, and when that shell ends, 
you are returned right back to where you were before.

So, either ask for a root shell: 
        sudo -s
or run a single command with sudo, and let your current directory be what it is 
now:
        sudo /var/ossec/bin/ossec-control restart


Hope this helps
--
Scott



On Dec 22, 2012, at 6:47 AM, "dan (ddp)" <ddp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 22, 2012 7:43 AM, "finid" <fi...@linuxbsdos.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Attempting to run cd /var/ossec after installing it on Linux Mint returns 
> > the following:
> >
> > bash: cd: /var/ossec: Permission denied.
> >
> > But sudo cd /var/ossec returns
> >
> > sudo: cd: Command not found 
> >
> > Any clues?
> 
> Try it as root, or add your user to the ossec group. Sounds like something on 
> your system is hosed (no PATH with sudo?).
> 

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