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Date:      Wed, 17 Sep 1997 12:06:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com>
To:        gaof@public.intercom.com.cn
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Please help me
Message-ID:  <199709171906.MAA00702@celebris.tddhome>
In-Reply-To: <341F572E.23A17794@public.intercom.com.cn> (message from Gao Fei on Wed, 17 Sep 1997 12:06:07 %2B0800)

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The warning means that there is some component of the environment
variable PATH, that does not start with "/".  As root, this is
somewhat dangerous, as you may execute a command that differs, when
your current directory changes.

After you su, try 'echo $PATH'.



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