Sudo and pathsEdit

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If you are logged in as user john and run this command:

$ sudo monit summary

Then sudo will use john’s PATH to find the monit executable.

If you instead do:

$ sudo -s
# monit summary

Then you might find yourself in a root shell with an emaciated PATH that doesn’t include /usr/local/bin (where the monit executable is typically installed).

Your alternative here is to instead do:

$ sudo -i
# monit summary

This will run the usual shell startup files (/root/.bash_profile, for example), so you can set up your PATH appropriately.