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From: Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com>
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In-reply-to: <341F572E.23A17794@public.intercom.com.cn> (message from Gao Fei
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Subject: Re: Please help me
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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'.