jam@zoidtechnologies.com wrote:
On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 04:04:39PM -0800, Florin Andrei wrote:
  
So, what it the rationale for /etc/init.d not being in the default 
$PATH, for root at least?

I've never had to execute anything directly in /etc/init.d/ -- there is the
"service" command that runs those files for me, at least in fedora. you can
always modify $PATH by dropping a file into /etc/profile.d/ if you *really*
want this sort of thing to be possible. I would not want to see it in fedora
though.
  
I'd agree, but it does bring something else to mind.

I don't modify the path on my system from the install default, but when logged in as root via 'su', /sbin is not in the path.  I do see something in /etc/profile that is apparently supposed to put it in there if the EUID is zero, but it never seems to happen.  I hadn't really thought about it much till now.  Is that a bug?  Does this happen to anyone else?

It also happens when using sudo, i.e. "sudo service" gets "sudo: service: command not found", whereas "sudo /sbin/service" shows usage for service.

-Ron