Re: didn't can use "fdisk"!

From	Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: didn't can use "fdisk"!
Date	2023-12-01 21:10 +0100
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On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 07:46:28PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
> My first guess is that you may have done "su" which results in you
> not having /sbin in your path. So you need to execute it as
> /sbin/fdisk, or "su -", or become root by some other means.

At this point, we no longer need to guess.  It's immediately clear.
Using "su -" is an acceptable solution, though not my preferred one if
this is your own system, as opposed to one where you are a "guest admin".
I'd rather fix the problem permanently, by putting appropriate content
into the /etc/default/su file.

unicorn:~$ cat /etc/default/su
ALWAYS_SET_PATH yes
unicorn:~$ su
Password: 
root@unicorn:/home/greg# declare -p PATH
declare -x PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
root@unicorn:/home/greg#

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didn't can use "fdisk"! fuf <fuflono@gmail.com> - 2023-12-01 20:30 +0100
  Re: didn't can use "fdisk"! Tom Furie <tom@furie.org.uk> - 2023-12-01 20:40 +0100
  Re: didn't can use "fdisk"! Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-01 20:40 +0100
  Re: didn't can use "fdisk"! Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-12-01 20:50 +0100
    Re: didn't can use "fdisk"! Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-01 21:10 +0100

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