[SOLVED] what is this crazy I don't even know what to call this one.

BW-userx · 04-28-2023, 05:48 PM

I have a script that I run across many platforms aka Linux Distos and FreeBSD and now when I get into Ubunutu I get this error

Code:

userx@Ubutt-Butt:~
$ xfce4-setwallpaper

/home/userx/bin/imagescripts/xfce4-setwallpaper: line 38: /home/userx/bin/mkdir: cannot execute: required file not found
/home/userx/bin/imagescripts/xfce4-setwallpaper: line 39: /home/userx/bin/mv: cannot execute: required file not found
userx@Ubutt-Butt:~
$ whereis mkdir
mkdir: /usr/bin/mkdir /home/userx/bin/mkdir /usr/share/man/man1/mkdir.1.gz /usr/share/man/man2/mkdir.2.gz
userx@Ubutt-Butt:~
$ whereis mv
mv: /usr/bin/mv /home/userx/bin/mv /usr/share/man/man1/mv.1.gz
userx@Ubutt-Butt:~

for whatever its reasons it thinks mkdir and mv are in my home dir. I never had this one before.

Code:

userx@Ubutt-Butt:~
$ uname -a
Linux Ubutt-Butt 6.2.0-1003-lowlatency #3-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Apr  6 10:00:10 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

it is Ubunutu studio the latest one that just came out, I just upgrade it to that one the other day. 24.10??? I don't know
can anyone tell me how to fix this?

evo2 · 04-28-2023, 07:22 PM

Might help if we actually knew the contents of the script you are running.

teckk · 04-28-2023, 09:04 PM

What's in /home/userx/bin

Code:

ls -l /home/userx/bin

What's in your path

Code:

echo $PATH

xfce4-setwallpaper

Code:

line 38: /home/userx/bin/mkdir

Maybe something wrote /home/userx/bin instead of /usr/bin, or is it suppose to be that way.

Do you have symlinks in /home/userx/bin

frankbell · 04-28-2023, 09:43 PM

It's a shot in the dark, but could it be that, because you are running the script from /home/userx/bin/, it's looking for those commands in that same directory?

This prompted my shot in the dark.

teckk · 04-29-2023, 06:39 AM

Quote:

on CentOS/RHEL 6.x (and up) and Fedora 20 (and up):

When you login, the script $HOME/.bash_profile is executed and this script adds $HOME/bin to your path.

on Ubuntu:

When you login, the script $HOME/.profile is executed and this script adds $HOME/bin to your path.

If the directory exists. Interesting, would not have known that.

BW-userx · 04-29-2023, 06:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evo2

Might help if we actually knew the contents of the script you are running.

you want the entire script?

it doensn't matter anymore. this Ubunututu got me so I cannot login now, I cannot even go into a ROOT GUI login because it looks like there login manager does not work like that because #^$*#^$*@^*$@ asses figured no one should even learn how to use root so they hide it as best they can. lalalala anyways I am about to dump this distro again.

BW-userx · 04-29-2023, 06:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frankbell

It's a shot in the dark, but could it be that, because you are running the script from /home/userx/bin/, it's looking for those commands in that same directory?

This prompted my shot in the dark.

yeah but it was not doing that just moments before or the day before or the week before etc so I absolute path the two in the script and it was still trying to use the ones that are not there in my home bin, so I deluser . adduser, then got locked out of login and Ubunutu screwed me.

there is a systemD message on the screen but I cannot read that fast as the login manager pops up covering it. they did not even have the login manager sent to a different tty to login on, It does not even allow root login on the GUI .

Ubuntu is ok as long as it doesn't get a quirt . put that on a tee shirt and let everyone read it.

BW-userx · 04-29-2023, 06:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teckk

If the directory exists. Interesting, would not have known that.

just for sake of conversation, as I am no locked out of that system and have no idea how to get that massage on there screen as I'd rather be in a GUI with root so I can have scroll back on a terminal if I need it. anyways I have a bin and I have NOT mv or mkdir in it.

I removed the user, changed the users home to userx-old added me back then got locked out as in trying to login to the login manager does not accept my password. I didn't try another tty for that user But I an get in root on the cli in another tty.

I need to go an check that out, if user can login on another tty.

back: yes I can login user on a different tty

lvm_ · 04-29-2023, 06:56 AM

a) '/home/userx/bin/mkdir: cannot execute: required file not found' message means that file /home/userx/bin/mkdir exists but has a bad shebang
b) and because it exists it somehow took precedence over regular /usr/bin/mv (BTW why /usr/bin? should be /bin), running 'hash -r' should fix it

BW-userx · 04-29-2023, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lvm_

a) '/home/userx/bin/mkdir: cannot execute: required file not found' message means that file /home/userx/bin/mkdir exists but has a bad shebang
b) and because it exists it somehow took precedence over regular /usr/bin/mv (BTW why /usr/bin? should be /bin), running 'hash -r' should fix it

shebang is #!/usr/bin/env bash

I am lockout out of that distro it has some kind of systemD F&#( error I cannot see because the login manager comes up blocking that tty so now I either have to dump the entire system or figure out wtf is going on with that now.

I can login on the tty but so what
edit
I did not put mk or mkdir in my bin so I have no idea where it got that idea either . it just started doing that out of the blue

teckk · 04-29-2023, 07:10 AM

#!/usr/bin/env bash
That's the $PATH isn't it?.

try: #!/usr/bin/bash

You should be able to login from startx using ./xinitrc without using a display manager.

Edit: Or is that using wayland.

BW-userx · 04-29-2023, 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teckk

#!/usr/bin/env bash
That's the $PATH isn't it?.

try: #!/usr/bin/bash

You should be able to login from startx using ./xinitrc without using a display manager.

Edit: Or is that using wayland.

Okay I just got back in under same user but a new one . so now let me see what it is going to do after I get it setup again.
thanks for your help

EDIT:

Okay this thing just screwed up again with that everything even ls is suppose to be in my home bin now and again I am locked out from login but i do have a different user on this thing and it is not giving me this grief

BW-userx · 04-29-2023, 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teckk

What's in /home/userx/bin

Code:

ls -l /home/userx/bin

What's in your path

Code:

echo $PATH

xfce4-setwallpaper

Code:

line 38: /home/userx/bin/mkdir

Maybe something wrote /home/userx/bin instead of /usr/bin, or is it suppose to be that way.

Do you have symlinks in /home/userx/bin

from the user I can still login as to the my main user that is screwed up

Code:

blender@Ubutt-Butt:~
$ echo $PATH
/home/blender/.local/bin:/home/blender/bin/fbsd:/home/blender/bin/heidypinoscripts:/home/blender/bin/EtermScripts:/home/blender/bin/imagescripts:/home/blender/bin/userstartups:/home/blender/.local/bin:/home/blender/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/home/blender/bin
blender@Ubutt-Butt:~
$ su userx
Password: 
userx@Ubutt-Butt:/home/blender$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin

bloody hell

Code:

/home/blender/bin/imagescripts/xfce4-setwallpaper: line 38: /home/blender/bin/mkdir: cannot execute: required file not found
/home/blender/bin/imagescripts/xfce4-setwallpaper: line 39: /home/blender/bin/mv: cannot execute: required file not found
/home/blender/bin/imagescripts/xfce4-setwallpaper: line 38: /home/blender/bin/mkdir: cannot execute: required file not found
/home/blender/bin/imagescripts/xfce4-setwallpaper: line 38: /home/blender/bin/mkdir: cannot execute: required file not found
/home/blender/bin/imagescripts/xfce4-setwallpaper: line 38: /home/blender/bin/mkdir: cannot execute: required file not found

Code:

blender@Ubutt-Butt:~
$ ls bin
bash: /home/blender/bin/ls: cannot execute: required file not found

goumba · 04-29-2023, 08:57 AM

A shot in the dark? You ran ld with a typo - possibly as root, possibly in the wrong place - as opposed to ls and screwed something up.

teckk · 04-29-2023, 09:26 AM

From a terminal

Fix the $PATH for user.

In a terminal

Code:

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin

echo $PATH

ls /bin

Code:

cat /etc/profile
#fix it

/etc/login.defs
/etc/environment
~/.pam_environment
~/.bash_profile
~/.bash_login
~/.profile
/etc/profile.d

/etc/zshenv
~/.zshenv
/etc/zprofile
~/.zprofile
/etc/zlogin
/.zlogin