Comands not working.

[ned99 0]

Hi I've been using Fedora Core 3 for a while now and I've started to notice that some basic UNIX commands don't work. When I've tried using the iptables command from the terminal I get a

 

bash: iptables: command not found

 

error. I also get this error when I've tried to use the cvs command as well as a few other I can't remeber off the top of my head.

 

Any ideas as to why these commands don't work for me?

 

Thanks,

 

[iamroot 0]

It probably means that you don't have the software installed.

[danleff 0]

Have you tried to invoke these commands as root user in a terminal window?

[ned99 0]

Yeah i've tried as root user and I get the same error. Would the programs i need to install be on the Fedora distro disks? or would I have to download them from somewhere?

 

Thanks guys,

 

[Dapper Dan 0]

In Fedora/Redhat, you often have to include the absolute path. Say for ifconfig you have to go:

 

Code:

/sbin/ifconfig

...and so on. Do a command line search for iptables and see where it is, then do the command again with the absolute path as root. It might be at:

Code:

/usr/sbin/iptables

[danleff 0]

Thanks Dan, forgot that about fedora....

 

Just type in whereis name of command/utility that you want to use. That will give you the relative path that Dan spoke about.

[ned99 0]

Hey, thanks a lot I've got everything working now.