On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:16:03 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Michael Schwendt writes: > > > > > # whereis ldconfig > > ldconfig: /sbin/ldconfig /usr/sbin/ldconfig /usr/share/man/man8/ldconfig.8.gz > > > > /sbin is before /usr/sbin in $PATH. > > Only for root. And not affecting "whereis" but only "which": $ whereis ldconfig ldconfig: /sbin/ldconfig /usr/sbin/ldconfig /usr/share/man/man8/ldconfig.8.gz $ echo $PATH /usr/lib64/ccache:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/home/ms17b/bin/:/home/ms17b/files/bin $ which ldconfig /usr/sbin/ldconfig Yes, that's fragile and dangerous. -- Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle) - Linux 3.4.3-1.fc17.x86_64 loadavg: 0.69 0.64 0.43 -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel