How to use the commands in Root after creating a new user in Linux?

Question

I have created a new user using useradd MyUsername and have given him "sudo" privilege. However, I noticed that I couldn't use the commands I have installed in root with this user.

For example:

In root : nvm current will show me the current nvm version

In the User : The same command line will give this result : bash: nvm: command not found

I'm using CentOS 7 (I believe). Does anyone have any idea on how to fix this ? Or do I need to download the libraries again in order to use them ?

Answer 1

You have to ensure that the relevant paths are exported.

While using the root user, you can find out where the nvm bin is using which nvm . For example, /usr/local/bin/nvm . Knowing this, ensure that the path before the nvm is exported in the path, in this example, /usr/local/bin .

You can add the following to the end of the correct file (see below). export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH" . What this is doing is that it is adding /usr/local/bin to the start of the PATH.

You can find out what shell you're running using echo $0 .

If it is zsh you should examine the .zshrc file and ensure that the correct paths are exported.

If it is bash you should examine either .bash_profile or .bashrc to ensure the same.

Answer 2

nvm is intended as a PER-USER script, as stated here .
It is cloned and installed into the home-directory of each individual user.
Therefore, you need to install it again by following the installation instructions .

For other commands, please check that your PATH is correct, or if the command is also installed on a per-user basis like nvm .