Help, i think i screwed up my linux system!

[jmcoreymv]

Hey, ok im running Red Hat 7 and heres the problem. (I only use the command line BTW). No commands work, like linuxconf. It says "bash: linuxconf: command not found" or like useradd, the same thing. It was working before but something changed, any ideas?

 

[JchrisW]

Your path setting in /root/.bash_profile (if using default bash shell) needs to be set. All your programs are still there, the system just doesn't know where to find them. You could use /usr/sbin/useradd, etc, for the time being.

Jordan

 

[jmcoreymv]

What would I edit the path thing to in order to make them recognize them?

 

[oldfart]

linuxconf and useradd are SU (super user) commands. Are you in as root? Can you use other commands that dont require root permissions?

 

[jmcoreymv]

Well when I go into SU mode, and i type linuxconf, i get the same not found message.

 

[oldfart]

type this:

which linuxconf

it should show you where it is.

 

[jmcoreymv]

Interesting, linuxconf works in root, but not superuser mode...

 

[jmcoreymv]

Also, you know the message you get before you enter your login for a telnet session? Is there anyway to change what it says?

 

[jmcoreymv]

Ok nm, found the answer, its in /etc/issue