Re: /etc/profile

[Greg Wooledge]

On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 12:51:10 +0000, Jérémy Bézairie wrote:
> In Konsole, Bash, e.g. if I type fdisk as normal user or root (after typed
> su) it doesn't work: bash: fdisk: command not found

The problem is that Debian changed the su command's default behavior
in buster (Debian 10).  You're just now feeling the effects of that.

There are many workarounds; see
<https://wiki.debian.org/NewInBuster#Changes> for a list.

I *personally* prefer the one where you fix Debian's brokenness by
creating the one-line /etc/default/su file, but you may have a
different opinion on how best to approach the issue.

... and I just now realized that you *aren't* in fact posting this to
a Debian mailing list, but instead, to a bash mailing list.  So, I've
deleted a couple more paragraphs, and replaced them with this one.
Your question has absolutely nothing to do with help-bash, as it's a
Debian question.  Nevertheless, having this answer on the help-bash
archive is potentially useful to readers who may search for it here,
so I don't feel bad about answering here.