"su" commands?

[bmxface]

when im in "su" and running a command like "kwrite /etc/lilo.conf" it doesnt work i get this

bash: kwrite: command not found

but when im in normal user mode. i can run it. but the problem with that is i cant save what i edited. so how do i get su to recognize the same commands as normal user?

[Ice]

kwrite is probably not in your root path. For the most part, the root path is shorter that most user paths. You can add the directory that krite is in to your root path and it should work.

[bmxface]

ahh i see. how would i do that?

[Dolda2000]

Try this (as root, that is):

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin

[bmxface]

nope i put exactly what you did Dolda2000, No Go.

[Dolda2000]

Check what "which kwrite" returns.

[bmxface]

troy@slackware:~$ which kwrite
/opt/kde/bin/kwrite

[Dolda2000]

Have you installed KDE on your own or something? Well then, add /opt/kde/bin to root's PATH as well.

[bmxface]

*sigh* once again i dont know how to do something. can you guess what? heh. how do i add that line to PATH? and no i did nto install it on my own. i just had slackware do a full install.

[Dolda2000]

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/kde/bin