Whats the crack with Mandrake ???

[XentriX]

Hi..

Ive got Mandrake 8 installed, I was going through some commands last night only to find that half of them dont work, ie: ifconfig & unlimit to name just 2 .. anyone know if there is a reason and solution for this, or any Linux distro that supports all commands??? Im confused by it to be honest.. I like Mandrake, but it isnt much use if u can only use certain commands with it..

Thanx

X :confused:

[danrees]

1. Are you running root or a user? Some commands are not available to ordinary users by default for security reasons. Try:

$ su
Password: enter root pass
$ ifconfig

2. You might not have the correct package installed. This is very unlikely if you have used the default Mandrake installation though.

[X_console]

It's likely that the command you're running is not in your path. Certain commands are meant to be run only by root and are thus removed from a regular user's path.

[XentriX]

I tried the commands as both user and root... didnt work for either ;o(

[j.harrison]

Some commands are available, but just not installed by default (ie finger). Search in the Software manager for the utility, you just may find it there.

[XentriX]

Thanx buddy but that was the 1st thing I tried, I looked for the 2 I mentioned above but they wasnt there.... :confused:

[seeker22]

try running root and type the full path like this
/sbin/ifconfig

In RedHat you have to do it that way for some commands by default not sure about Mandrake tho but it might work

[snowgod]

are you sure that you installed the packages? This may sound dumb, but I know people who have done it many times (ie: this was not me :rolleyes: )

[XentriX]

Thats got it Sneeker22 nice one ...thanx to all of u that replied

X :D

[Linuxcool]

If you used su by itself, it might not be able to find the command because you had the user's path. Use su -. That will give you the root's path.

[posterboy]

If the dir /sbin is not in root's path, that's really, really wrong, and should be added to it. /sbin should _not_ be any other users path.This is the default setup in RH.
Ray