[Novices] command not found

[Robert G. Brown]

On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 10:06:49 -0500, Eric Beversluis wrote:

>OK--I'm su-ing to [root at linserv eric]#.
>Why do I get "bash: ifconfig: command not found" ?
>
>It works fine when I log in as root.  What do I need to change as su?

When you su, enter:
su -

This will run the same login scripts when becoming root, as if you logged in.
The problem is that your PATH is not set to the directory where ifconfig 
resides.
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