In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes: >Hi, I've just downloaded vubbs for Linux. I've extracted the installation >files to /vubbs as root. But my problem is when I try to run package (The >installation program) as root, bash says the file package does not exist. > I've tried running package as another user and it executes fine, but says I >have to run it as root. Any idea on what is going on? It sounds like a simple matter of your search path. You have a different path when you are running as root (mainly to reduce the risk of running a Trojan horse program) and `package' is not on root's search path. It is probably in /usr/local/bin or in ., which root does not search (by default).
As the user for whom it works, run `type package'; this will show you the full path name of the program. As root, use that full path name to run it, or add the appropriate directory to the end of your path (run `export PATH=$PATH:directory'). For example: $ type netscape netscape is hashed (/usr/local/bin/netscape) $ su Password: # type netscape bash: type: netscape: not found # export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin # type netscape netscape is /usr/local/bin/netscape -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://lfix.co.uk/oliver Make it idiot-proof, and someone will breed a better idiot. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
