[PLUG] User Unable to Execute Commands

[Carlos Konstanski]

root's $PATH is different from that of a normal user.  Don't know which
distro you are using, or I would be able to tell you where each $PATH is
defined.

Does the full path, /usr/bin/rm, work for a normal user?  If so, then
the $PATH is broken.  echo $PATH to check it.  If it looks right, that's
when things get weird.

Check aliases to make sure an rm-overriding alias didn't get created.

Carlos Konstanski

On Sun, 24 Sep 2006, Rich Shepard wrote:

> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 17:03:18 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
> Reply-To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help;	civil and on-topic"
>     <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help,	civil and on-topic"
>     <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] User Unable to Execute Commands
> 
> On Sun, 24 Sep 2006, Rogan Creswick wrote:
>
>>  Fixed the problem as then your normal user could run commands, or then
>>  root could run commands?
>
> Rogan,
>
>  When a normal user could not run commands, root could. From the same
> directory and the same commands.
>
>>  Run as who? (root or normal user?)
>
>  Normal user.
>
>>  Screwing with your $PATH will do that.  Are you sure you didn't run 'rm -f
>>  g *'?
>
>  Nope. To both. Nothing changed in $PATH and the files g* were still there;
> root could delete them with the same command.
>
>>  (note the space before the *) That would toast your . files, which would
>>  almost certainly have some effect on your PATH, but no one elses. (it also
>>  wouldn't take effect until you opened a new terminal, vt, or logged out /
>>  in.
>
>  But, it would have remained a problem after rebooting.
>
>>  Are you missing any files in your home dir?
>
>  Nope.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
>
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