Re: Same comand names in /usr/bin and /usr/sbin

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On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 6:32 PM, Matthew Miller
<mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 02:03:38PM +0200, Lennart Poettering wrote:
>> In general: encoding privilige policy into the API through binary
>> paths is a really bad idea, as policy shouldn't be considered strict
>> API (or to be more precise: it should be allowed to open up policy --
>> while of course not necessarily to close it down later on), but paths
>> are.
>
> Yeah, that's why I was suggesting using it instead for things that
> really have no business being in anyone's path, root or not, rather
> than have it relate to privileges at all. But, again, only
> halfheartedly.

That's what libexec is for? Or you mean use it instead of libexec?
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