While logging in with root user, getting error "-bash: /usr/bin/id: No such file or directory"

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Issue

  • While logging in with root user into bash shell using ssh, getting the following errors.
-bash: /usr/bin/id: No such file or directory
-bash: [: =: unary operator expected
-bash: /usr/bin/id: No such file or directory
-bash: [: =: unary operator expected
-bash: id: command not found
-bash: id: command not found

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4

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