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Old 12-09-2002
/sbin

I attempted to run a commands from directory /sbin..............it works only (as example) also:

./fdisk

But I want to make simple:

fdisk

Can me help somebody ?
# 2  
Old 12-09-2002
Type the following:
Code:
echo $PATH

see if the output contains something like:
:/sbin:

If not, then you need to add /sbin to your PATH environment variable
# 3  
Old 12-09-2002
For security and protection reasons, I think most Unix variants aren't putting /sbin into the PATH, provided most people aren't using programs in /sbin that frequently.
# 4  
Old 12-09-2002
Most good system admins put /sbin in their path..... (at least the ones I know.....)
# 5  
Old 12-15-2002
Another make:

You can use copy it to /usr/bin

After! if you use fdisk you can type:

fdisk
 
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