Comment 12 for bug 191264
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| Ralph Janke (txwikinger) wrote Re: run "sudo kate" and got a "command not found" | #12 |
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(Get the code!)
Ok.. I finally found the problem. Sorry for it taking so long!
sudo for ubuntu is compiled with a secure_path that contains "/usr/local/
Therefore using sudo kate would only look for kate in the search path above, not in the search path you have defined in /etc/environment or in your user environment. This is a security measure to prevent sudo users to execute a wrong system command by accident and therefore possibly create a security breach.
I am not sure if there is a real solution for this except an override of the compiled search path by a configured one in /etc. I have not found yet if this possible.