[Cialug] Introduction

[David Champion]

The /usr/sbin folder might still not be in our path, depending on how
you became root.

If you just type "su" or "sudo su", you don't get the full root user's
profile. Adding a "-" to that, as in "su -" or "sudo su -" will get that
in your path. Verify your path by typing "set | grep -i path".

-dc

Sean McClanahan wrote:
> See...  didn't catch that the # means "root".  I probably saw that
> somewhere along the line, but overlooked that.  Won't forget that again.
> 
> Getting closer.  As root, the updatedb command worked fine.  Also,
> keeping root, I went to /usr/sbin, and verified that firewalk was in the
> directory with the ls command.  I saw it there.  (It was green.)  Typing
> firewalk at the prompt, though, gives a bash error:  
> 
> bash: firewalk: command not found
> 
> I can do a man firewalk, and that works with no problem.
> 
> 
> About your Visual Studio question...  I would be happy to see what I can
> dig up for you.  All of our programmers in Dallas use VS, and I believe
> I have someone here in our office that may be able to assist.  Let me
> shake the trees.
> 
> Sean
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On
> Behalf Of Todd Walton
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 2:46 PM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Introduction
> 
> On 7/6/07, Sean McClanahan <sean.mcclanahan at westecnow.com> wrote:
>> So I ran the command you suggested.  The first thing that happened was
>> updatedb complaining that it cannot open a temporary file for
>> /var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db
> 
> Oops.  You have to be root to run it.  (You have to have rights to run
> it; root is normally the way to get those rights.)  Try 'sudo
> updatedb'.  It'll ask for your password.
> 
>> Then, on the next line, I got /usr/sbin/firewalk:   ELF 32-bit LSB
>> executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses
>> shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.9, stripped
> 
> Root again.  /usr/sbin is in the PATH for root, but not you.  Why
> would one need to be root to run this firewalk program?  Could be
> crappy program design or maybe crappy RPM design.
> 
>> How does one go about changing the path in FC?  When I type $PATH, I
> can
>> see what my path is
> 
> PATH=$PATH:/path/to/wherever
> 
> "PATH" is called an environment variable, just as it is in Windows.
> So you could try 'apropos environment'.  Don't add /usr/sbin to your
> PATH.  If you need to run something there use 'sudo'.
> 
>> know there are man pages out the wazoo out there
> 
> You can learn from man pages.  It's like any reference source for
> something complex.  You can learn the normal ways of using a command,
> and then look it up in the man pages and find some cool switch that
> does something you've been doing all along using cumbersome pipes!
> For example.  man pages will come in handy.
> 
>> But I also believe in giving back the knowledge that I have gained.
> 
> That's okay.  You can keep it.  But you could help me with another
> problem: Where can I find a good community source to help me program
> in Visual Studio Tools for Office?  Anyone?  I'm an absolute newb to
> it and I need to program a button by the end of the year.
> 
> -todd
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