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Root pathing after ignite restore

MarkW_1 — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 15:24:06 GMT

I made an ignite tape to change the lvols for system filesystems. After a successful reboot I no longer have pathing for program names. What did I loose?

Re: Root pathing after ignite restore

Rick Garland — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 15:28:16 GMT

Check the /etc/PATH file to see if this matches with the changes you did.

Re: Root pathing after ignite restore

MarkW_1 — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 15:31:00 GMT

# more PATH
/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/contrib/bin:/opt/hparray/bin:/opt/nettladm/bin:/opt/u
pgrade/bin:/opt/fcms/bin:/opt/pd/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/contrib/bin/X11:/opt/resm
on/bin:/opt/perf/bin:/opt/prm/bin:/opt/mx/bin:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/mozilla:/opt/p
erl/bin:/opt/wbem/bin:/opt/wbem/sbin:/opt/ignite/bin:/usr/sbin/diag/contrib:/opt
/graphics/common/bin

Not a lot there!

Re: Root pathing after ignite restore

Sundar_7 — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 15:32:13 GMT

Also it would be a good idea to check that /etc/fstab has been amended with the corresponding changes in the lvol names, if any.

Re: Root pathing after ignite restore

Rick Garland — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 15:33:53 GMT

Check the PATH for the user you logged in as.

This sounds like a definite PATH issue.

Are you able to execute applications if you start them from them local directory using the './'?

Re: Root pathing after ignite restore

MarkW_1 — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 15:34:48 GMT

fstab is correct. Only the pathing is not there for most commands.

Re: Root pathing after ignite restore

Rick Garland — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 15:34:49 GMT

One other thought, are the libraries/config files still in the same place?

Re: Root pathing after ignite restore

Sundar_7 — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 15:39:34 GMT

Mark, I do see you are missing /usr/sbin in the /etc/PATH file

add /usr/sbin to the beginning of the /etc/PATH file, logout and login back again

Can you be bit more specific on for what programs you dont have pathing to ?

Re: Root pathing after ignite restore

MarkW_1 — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 15:50:33 GMT

/usr/sbin was the problem. I kept looking but could not see it. Thanks!

Re: Root pathing after ignite restore

Sridhar Bhaskarla — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 16:36:57 GMT

Hi Mark,

'/usr/sbin' is not a standard PATH to be specified in /etc/PATH. I do believe your /etc/PATH got restored correctly.

The most likely possibility is that the home directory of 'root' got changed so it is not executing the standard profile anymore. If you remember the old home of root, then change the password entry to point to the old home. Or go to current home directory of root and add the statement PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin:$PATH:/sbin:/usr/local/bin to it.
If you don't have a .profile in there, copy one from /usr/newconfig/.profile into the home directory of root.

-Sri