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12 May 11
Hi, I am new.
I have a simple question.
On Ubuntu, I made a script:
#!/bin/bash
if [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ]; then
echo "superuser"
else
echo "no"
fi
I called the file "boo".
When I run "boo" as a regular user it says "no". But when I sudo su it, it says "boo" is not a command. So, how do I make it output "superuser".
Hope this make sense.
12 May 11
After you run sudo su your system switches you to the root user and places you in the root home directory. Most likely you launched sudo su when in your chosen directory, but attempted to just call the script name while in the root home directory.
13 May 11
So, how do I go back to my home directory.
On the command prompt is says I am at:
root@ubuntu:/home/bun/bin
When I "ls" in that directory I see all my files and also "boo".
But when I type "boo" in the command prompt I still get:
boo: command not found
I am stuck, think I am missing something very simple.
13 May 11
If you want to stay in root, just type cd /home/<username>/
If you want to be as user, type exit <enter> first, then cd /home/<username>/
13 May 11
It sounds like Ubuntu is placing the current directory ( $PWD) in the PATH thus you can call the program named "boo" that is in the current directory.
whenever you switch to root the PATH variable must be different.
Try with
./boo
13 May 11
Thank you.
The "./boo" worked. But I thought "./" was implied.
I thought by default "./boo" = "boo".
Now, I can move on to the next section. Guess I will use "./" when I am a superuser mode.
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