Re: bash/up2date problem

2003-09-05 Thread Nick H-Johnson
Nick H Johnson wrote: > whats the cleanest way to reinstall sh-utils? If thats what I want to > do to get /bin/su back where it belongs. for the archives, I used: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# apt-get install --reinstall sh-utils and all is well. Thank you Jakub and Tim! nick -- Please avoid sendi

Re: bash/up2date problem

2003-09-05 Thread Nick H Johnson
Nick H Johnson wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] nick]$ rpm -q sh-utils > sh-utils-2.0.12-3 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] nick]$ rpm -V sh-utils > missing/bin/su whats the cleanest way to reinstall sh-utils? If thats what I want to do to get /bin/su back where it belongs. thanks nick -- Please avoid se

Re: bash/up2date problem

2003-09-05 Thread Nick H Johnson
On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 10:44, Jakub Jelinek wrote: > rpm -q sh-utils > rpm -V sh-utils > > Jakub [EMAIL PROTECTED] nick]$ rpm -q sh-utils sh-utils-2.0.12-3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] nick]$ rpm -V sh-utils missing/bin/su Nick -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See ht

Re: bash/up2date problem

2003-09-05 Thread Tim Waugh
On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 10:44:30AM -0400, Nick H Johnson wrote: > Tim wrote: > > The 'su' command is /bin/su. Perhaps /bin dropped out of your $PATH > > for some reason? > > Nope, /bin is still in my $PATH however su isn't in /bin. odd. > thanks Tim, > any other ideas? rpm -V sh-utils Tim. */

Re: bash/up2date problem

2003-09-05 Thread Jakub Jelinek
On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 10:44:30AM -0400, Nick H Johnson wrote: > Tim wrote: > > The 'su' command is /bin/su. Perhaps /bin dropped out of your $PATH > > for some reason? > > Nope, /bin is still in my $PATH however su isn't in /bin. odd. > thanks Tim, > any other ideas? rpm -q sh-utils rpm -V sh-

Re: bash/up2date problem

2003-09-05 Thread Nick H Johnson
Tim wrote: > The 'su' command is /bin/su. Perhaps /bin dropped out of your $PATH > for some reason? Nope, /bin is still in my $PATH however su isn't in /bin. odd. thanks Tim, any other ideas? Nick -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-wo

Re: bash/up2date problem

2003-09-05 Thread Tim Waugh
On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 10:32:11AM -0400, Nick H Johnson wrote: > I recently for the first time used up2date to update everything on one > of my systems (I am weary of automatically updating anything). After > the update bash no longer recognizes the "su" command from a shell > prompt. I'v

bash/up2date problem

2003-09-05 Thread Nick H Johnson
I recently for the first time used up2date to update everything on one of my systems (I am weary of automatically updating anything). After the update bash no longer recognizes the "su" command from a shell prompt. I've never heard of such a thing happening. Any ideas why it happened and