assword: command not found

Maybe Your $PATH variable doesn't contain the default paths? echo $PATH should give something like:

[root@server ~]# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin

If it's empty, You may set the PATH variable with this command

export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin"

On Debian possible default full paths are:

/usr/bin/assword - from package: assword

You may install the required package with command apt-get install {package}

Error in other languages:
assword: bevel nie gevind nie
assword: comandă negăsită
assword: comando não encontrado
assword: commande introuvable
assword: command not found
assword: käsku ei ole
assword: không tìm thấy lệnh
assword: komanda nerasta
assword: Kommando nicht gefunden.
assword: kommandot finns inte
assword: komut yok
assword: nie znaleziono polecenia
assword: níor aimsíodh an t-ordú
assword: no se encontró la orden
assword: no s'ha trobat l'ordre
assword: opdracht niet gevonden
assword: parancs nem található
assword: perintah tidak ditemukan
assword: príkaz nenájdený
assword: příkaz nenalezen
assword: команда не найдена
assword: командата не е открита
assword: 命令找不到
assword: コマンドが見つかりません