MAN not working

[TMcB]

Hi folks

When I try to access help on anything I am getting the following error message :
[/]> man lp
sh: man: Execute permission denied.

I am logged in as root. But I have discovered that if I run > su
it then lets me access man pages.
The MANPATH variable is set correctly.

Thanks you for your help.

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

Terry

Sounds like a path problem.

Check roots env.


Paula

[Mark van Hassel]

What are the permissions on /usr/bin/man ?
Check with "which man" which file is looked up first in your PATH.

HtH,

Mark

[Steve Steel]

Hi

login as root

whence man

You will probably find a non executable file called man.


su uses another path


Steve Steel

[TMcB]

roots variable is as follows :

MANPATH=/usr/share/man/%:/usr/share/man:/usr/contrib/man/%:/usr/contrib/sr/local/man/%:/usr/local/man:/opt/pd/share/man/%:/opt/pd/share/man:/optman/%L:/opt/perf/man:/share/man:/opt/hpxt/enware/man:/opt/hparray/share/maopt/hparray/share/man:/opt/graphics/starbase/share/man:/opt/audio/share/ma/blinklink/share/man:/opt/ansic/share/man/%L:/opt/ansic/share/man:/opt/lan/share/man/%L:/opt/langtools/share/man:/opt/video/share/man:/opt/videoout/man:/opt/imake/man:/opt/networker/man


When i su, the variable is exactly the same.

[TMcB]

Hi folks

Hi folks, which man shows the following
root : /usr2/sgmbin/man
su : /usr/bin/man


Do I need to change root to /usr/bin/man??

Thanks

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

Terry

Try this :-

/usr/bin/man man

Does it bing up the man on man?
If so then you have a file called man in the path before /usr/bin/man, do a find from /.

find . -name man -print | more

Paula

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

Terry

YES to your question.


Paula

[Mark van Hassel · Accepted solution]

Make sure that /usr/bin is before /usr2/... in your PATH. Or if you do not need the /usr2/... remove it.

Another option is to add an alias to the shell profiles for /usr/bin/man, i.e
alias man='/usr/bin/man'

Good Luck,

Mark

[TMcB]

/usr/bin/man man worked from root

Where could the /usr2/sgmbin/man be set from - it isn't included in the MANPATH variable?
How can I get 'which man' from root to show /usr/bin/man?

Thanks

[K.Vijayaragavan.]

Hi,

As is know if a command is not working because of PATH problem it should give "No manual entry for ls (command)".

use the command " find / -name man | xargs ls -l | pg" to see the permissions of man related files. all these files should grant executable permission to (owner,group and others).

-Vijay

[TMcB]

The permissions are as follows :

-r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin 24576 Jun 10 1996 /usr/bin/man
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root sys 10240 Nov 22 14:25 /usr2/sgmbin/man

I'm still not sure how to get "which man" to change to /usr/bin/man for root.

Thanks

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

Terry

Have a look at /etc/MANPATH and remove usr2 from it.

Paula

[Ruediger Noack]

Terry,

/usr2/sgmbin/man is included in the PATH variable. You have to reorganize PATH.
Look at Marks suggestion. I'd prefer the first method.

Ruediger

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

Terry

Also check /etc/profile for the path info.


Paula

[TMcB]

Thanks everyone for all your help.

/usr2/sgm is not defined in /etc/profile - so I'm trying to find it elsewhere.

[Ruediger Noack]

/.profile or /root/.profile, depending from your root home dir?
Or any script you start from there?

Ruediger

[Mark van Hassel]

Terry,

Check /etc/PATH

Mark