Re: adduser - useradd?


Subject: Re: adduser - useradd?
From: david wright (dwright5@nyc.rr.com)
Date: Mon Jan 21 2002 - 23:53:40 MST


Keary Suska wrote:
",... try "whereis useradd". Check the path of its location, then look at
your $PATH environment variable. Hint: /sbin is not always in your path,..."

- is it ok to put /sbin in $PATH, security risk?

Charlie Watts wrote:
",... It often means that you have done "su" to become root.
You want to "su -" to get -all- of root's enviroment,..."

-for 'quick fix\'s' i always: su -c 'command',... i didn't realize there were
'different levels' of 'root' - thanks



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