Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1690 mails)

[Patrick Shanahan <paka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Linux Tyro <opensuse.bkn1@xxxxxxxxx> [11-04-11 13:27]:
> Not last but a doubt is that when I type:
>
> linuxworld@linux-g34l:~> sudo yast
> sudo: yast: command not found
>
> it doesn't work, but when I do type the following:
>
> linuxworld@linux-g34l:~> sudo /sbin/yast
>
> it works, just wanted to know the basic difference, and the same when
> I used ' sudo reboot' (didn't work) but 'sudo /sbin/reboot' (worked).

this is really simple, when you type a command w/o it's path, your system
searches it's path, $PATH, for the command.  It cannot find the command
because your $PATH does not contain /sbin  which is a path normally
reserved for "root user", ie: require root password.

you can display your path, $PATH
  echo $PATH

 
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