Why can't i use command " service " and " chkconfig" on RHEL4 ES ? sir

pratchaya · #1 2nd July 2005, 10:32 AM

Why can't i use command " service " and " chkconfig" on RHEL4 ES ? sir

Caz.
When i run SecureCRT through Openssh

[root@mammos html]# service
bash: service: command not found
[root@mammos html]# service httpd start
bash: service: command not found

[root@mammos html]# chkconfig httpd on
bash: chkconfig: command not found

But When i run on the console Redhat Server
it can run

I don't understand ? sir
Anyone can explain me sir. ?

What should i do next ? if i want to run these command through openssh ( secureCRT ) sir
Help me sir.

rayyes · #2 2nd July 2005, 11:23 AM

did you login like this?
$ su -

pushback · #3 2nd July 2005, 11:33 PM

Put /sbin in your PATH environment variable, like so:

PATH=/sbin:$PATH

then try it

pushback · #4 2nd July 2005, 11:41 PM

My old, dead, Redhat 7.3 box has a lot of data in the database that I would like to run on FC4 (MySQL 4.1.11). Does anyone know of any conversion utilities that will convert this data to something 4.1.11 will work with?

Preferably I would be able to convert the data directly from the old MySQL tables. Any utilities that can do that would be nice. Alternatively, I suppose I can build a new 7.3 box and load the MySQL data onto it and convert it there--but that would be a real pain in the ... . (I can get to the files by mounting the device on my current system)

Anyway--any suggestions are appreciated.

gavinw6662 · #5 3rd July 2005, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pushback

Put /sbin in your PATH environment variable, like so:

PATH=/sbin:$PATH

then try it

The above 2 are really god suggestions. If you become root by simply typing su, all that does is give you root permission, but it doesn't change you to root PATH's. If you become root with the 'su -' command then that changes you to the root PATH as well.

The obvious work around would be to 'su' without the root PATH, and then you have to make it /pathtocommand/service which would be /sbin/service httpd restart. That will work. If you are not sure where the command lies, you can do 'which command' and that will give you the full path.

hope that helps!!

pushback · #6 3rd July 2005, 03:51 AM

[QUOTE=gavinw6662] If you are not sure where the command lies, you can do 'which command' and that will give you the full path. [QUOTE]

The 'which' command only looks down your exported current PATH in the order that the directories are listed in the PATH and responds with the first occurence. In his case, 'which' would give you nothing as the executables he is looking for are not in the PATH (or else they would have executed and he never would have posted his question).

w5set · #7 3rd July 2005, 04:06 AM

he is ALREADY "root"--look at the prompt strings....

pparks1 · #8 3rd July 2005, 02:34 PM

w5set,

Yes, he is root. However, if he went to root with just (su) and not (su -), he won't get root's path which provide him the search path for finding those commands.

tejas · #9 3rd July 2005, 02:42 PM

I think the command gavinw6662 is thinking of is

whereis

pratchaya · #10 6th July 2005, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pushback

Put /sbin in your PATH environment variable, like so:

PATH=/sbin:$PATH

then try it

How to + which file that i need to put it on ? sir

Help me sir.

RahulSundaram · #11 6th July 2005, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pratchaya

How to + which file that i need to put it on ? sir

Help me sir.

There is no need to change the path manually, if you doing su to switch to root user, use "su -" instead. That automatically changes the path

Rahul
Red Hat Inc