Re: [SLE] Simple questions No.1

From: eddie (eddie.howson_at_dsl.pipex.com)
Date: 10/20/04

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    To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 14:16:16 +0100

    On Wednesday 20 October 2004 12:40, Bahram Alinezhad wrote:
    > (SuSE 9.1)
    >
    >
    >
    > "Bahram Alinezhad" (alineziad@yahoo.com)
    > wrote:
    > ----------
    >
    > When I login to a user other than root, and use "su
    > root" or open a root shell in order to run some
    > commands located in /usr/local/bin, I get the error of
    > "command not found"! I have to type the full path! A
    > problem that there is somehow in redhat but not so bad
    > as this.
    > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
    >
    >
    >
    > "dblomber" ()
    > wrote:
    > ----------
    >
    > DON'T "su" to root if you want to use commands from
    > /use/sbin USE "su -" and this will fix this problem
    > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
    >
    >
    > "su -" helps, but still I cannot run konqueror from
    > inside the konsole: "cannot connect to X server" is
    > shown. RedHat had not such limitation! (It avoids
    > responding: "generally impossible").
    > As you may guessed, I want to run a file-browser with
    > root privilege when being in non-root mode.

    Try "sux -"

    >
    > Thank you for your help,
    > Bahram Alinezhad,
    > Rudehen, Tehran, Iran.
    >
    >
    >
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