Subject: Re: PATH question...
From: Martin McWhorter (m_mcwhorter@prairiegroup.com)
Date: Thu Aug 17 2000 - 12:52:02 MDT
Israel,
Have your init scripts use the full path of /sbin/insmod
You do not need to cd /sbin
Just type /sbin/insmod
Martin
ps
./insmod is a relative path
/sbin/insmod is an absolute path
When the relative path does not work try the absolute
Israel Alvarez wrote:
> Hope I'm not annoying the regulars on here...
>
> I've run across another problem. I was reading Olivier van Helden's
> description of how he got netatalk working through the chooser on his
> machine and, since I've never been able to get netatalk or samba working,
> figured I'd give it a shot.
>
> Came across a strange problem when trying to run insmod - even after su-ing
> to root, I can't run insmod unless I'm in sbin and type ./insmod. Obviously,
> this causes probs for the atalk startup as well. I can access everything in
> bin no prob, but am wondering what's going on. Are /sbin tools only
> available for a local root? If so, how can I change this so that my inits
> have access to them?
>
> --
>
> Israel Alvarez
> is at isaka dot net
> propellerhead without portfolio
> isaka studio
> "You are in a twisty maze of standards, all different."
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