Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!xenitec!edhew
From: edhew@xenitec.uucp (Ed Hew)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Newsreader problem
Message-ID: <1989Aug20.033157.16681@xenitec.uucp>
Date: 20 Aug 89 03:31:57 GMT
References: <4611@eos.UUCP> <2661@ccnysci.UUCP>
Reply-To: edhew@xenitec.UUCP (Ed Hew)
Followup-To: news.newusers.questions
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Organization: Xenitec Consulting Services, Kitchener, ON
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In article <2661@ccnysci.UUCP> stacy@ccnysci.UUCP (Stacy Weaver) writes:
>In article <4611@eos.UUCP>, chguest@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Charles J. Guest) writes:
>> I tried to run rn on our system and I got a message about the command
>> not found.  What's going on here?
>
>	have you tried typing news at the prompt?

This suggest that the original poster either:
	1/	doesn't have a path to rn, hence can't find it.
	2/	has a sysadmin who changed the name

(it's not lack of execute perms, as the stderr explicitly states "not found")

In either case, contacting the sysadmin at that site is probably the most
expedient solution.

[general comment to all new users:]

Almost all sites are different, especially where the site is managed
by a "creative" sysadmin.  :-)  What will often happen is that a sysadmin
will hack a nice little chunk of code to wrap utilities for the user,
install additional non-distribution packages (there are *thousands* of
very good sources available on the 'NET), or simply mv a command to avoid
a conflict with something else he/she may have installed on that site.

If things don't work the way you expect them to ("well it works right
everywhere else, but here it doesn't"), then ask the person in charge
of the system.  They can usually tell you what the difference is.
Occasionally, you'll even be doing them a favour, by telling them something
is suddenly broken, thereby giving them a chance to fix it.  It happens.

Summary:  Ask the sysadmin(s) on your site.  They should know.  If they
	  don't then it's time to ask here.

  Ed. A. Hew       Authorized Technical Trainer        Xeni/Con Corporation
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