On 10/25/2011 09:02 AM, Harald Hoyer wrote: > On 10/24/2011 08:05 PM, Chris Adams wrote: >>> =================================== >>> #fedora-meeting: FESCO (2011-10-24) >>> =================================== >>> * Discussion about https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsrMove >>> (t8m, 17:26:45) >> >> This sounds interesting (speaking as an admin that typically sets up >> servers with separate, ro-mounted, /usr). I'm not sure about moving >> _everything_ to /usr, but I guess that's one approach. Other Unix >> systems I've used have had /bin as a symlink to /usr/bin, but not /sbin >> (still kept core system maintenance tools in /sbin on root fs). I'm >> also not sold on eliminating sbin directories (I like having "system >> admin" type stuff kept separate), and I don't see why that needs to be >> rolled into the same feature (especially as just a footnote, not a >> top-line change). > > What does it gain to have /sbin and /usr/sbin? Not molest ordinary users with tools they are not supposed to used. > Security through > obscurity? Right, yes. > We already have it in $PATH for the normal user. Right, Fedora made the mistake to do so. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
