unable login into fedora 9 and getting error as bash:command not found

[sri22]

hi all please help me.i installed fedora9 in my laptap.when i was trying to login in to user accounta and as a root also its not allowing me to login.its showing processing symbol .....and continues.even i tryed to login from command lin by using alt+ctl+f1 but when loged through command line if i type cd command its changing directory but if i try any another command its showingBASH: LS COMMAND NOT FOUND.

[jemate18]

what is the output of

echo $PATH

in your terminal/command line

[sri22]

Originally Posted by jemate18

what is the output of



in your terminal/command line

if login as srinu user name in command line and if type echo $path its giving the following out put

/user/kerberas/bin:$java_home/bin:$path:/home/srinu/bin

[markkuk]

That's completely broken, your $PATH is missing all the standard directories for commands. You should be able to run commands by giving the complete path, e.g. "/bin/ls" and that way you can find which file messes up your $PATH and then fix it.