scp : Problems with pathing

[Tuc]

Hi,

	I'm sure I'll get a few "RTFM", but I hope I'll allay those feelings.

	I'm getting the "scp: command not found".  I've read the FAQ. I've
read bugs 42 and 82 in bugzilla. Hopefully, I didn't overlook something.

	At a minimum, defines.h has :

#ifdef USER_PATH
# ifdef _PATH_STDPATH
#  undef _PATH_STDPATH
# endif
# define _PATH_STDPATH USER_PATH
#endif

#ifndef _PATH_STDPATH
# define _PATH_STDPATH "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
#endif


	So, if scp is in 1 of those 4, it should be found. Its currently
in /usr/local/bin/scp. So :

		I copy it to /usr/bin, and try... It works.
		I copy it to /bin, and try... It works. 
		I copy it to /usr/sbin, and try... It doesn't work.

	At this point, I already feel stumped, but I press on.

		I copy it to /sbin, and try... It doesn't work.

	Ok, so then maybe USER_PATH is set, so I check config.h and then
I find :

#define USER_PATH "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/contrib/bin:/usr/old/bin:/usr/local/bin"

	Ok, so lets go down the list.

		/usr/bin and /bin work, ok. 
		/usr/sbin and /sbin don't work.... Maybe I should stop here.
		/usr/contrib/bin ... works. ODD.
		/usr/old/bin, and then where it REALLY resided, /usr/local/bin
			don't work. 

	Ok, so, maybe its taking the users path....

MACHINE# su - USER
MACHINE:/usr/home/USER $ echo $PATH
/usr/home/./USER/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/contrib/bin:/usr/contrib/mh/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/bin
MACHINE:/usr/home/USER $ which scp
/usr/local/bin/scp

	That would mean to me that it should be able to find it, since it was
in /usr/local/bin the entire time.  

	Am I missing something somewhere?


		Thanks, Tuc/TTSG Internet Services, Inc.