> 2. 80-90% of programs under */sbin are without any use for normal
> users; mentioned 'ifconfig' + 'route' are called by normal users
> for diagnostic reasons only. This assumes some adminstrative
> knowledge including awareness about the special /sbin paths.
ping is also used for diagnostic uses only, is setuid root and stays
in /bin. One might argue that ping and traceroute also require
"administrative knowledge".
> 3. tab-completion will show me a lot of new programs which are for zero
> use. This will slow down my work.
I have over 3150 binaries in my default Fedora path now. The sbin
stuff amounts to 600 more. Come one, that is just a 20% rise.
> 4. problems which are tried to be solved can be handled much better at
> other places (e.g. modify 'sudo' to search in */sbin, or link commonly
> used programs to */bin)
One has to configure sudo separately. So that is not much of a
usability improvement.
Cheerio,
Debarshi
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