On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 04:43 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 21:58 -0200, Thomas M Steenholdt wrote: > > > ifconfig, ip, fdisk, chkconfig and a lot of the other examples listed in > > this thread, makes perfectly sense to me, but not all. > > Why? Most of them are tools which most ordinary users will never need You mean like: /bin/dumpkeys /bin/ed /bin/login /usr/bin/xcutsel /usr/bin/xdpr /usr/bin/zzuf [ ... etc. ... ] > nor will they be permitted to let them perform actual actions. Ahh, so more like: /bin/redhat_lsb_init /bin/unicode_start /bin/ypdomainname /usr/bin/webalizer /usr/bin/xenU_workflow.py [ ... etc. ... ] > Of cause, sysadmins, developers, specialists and the like will find some > ways to use them as "ordinary users", but ... I really fail why > extending their personal accounts' $PATH is demanding to much for this > audience. Yeh, I remember using SunOS and setting my own path up based on switch statements based on hostname ... and I'd like to remember it that way, as a distant memory. > Gradually, I am beginning to think, this thread only takes place, > because this is a developer's list for whom using */sbin tools is their > day-time job :-) Yes, it's a help to those who care and doesn't harm those who don't ... and this is a negative, why? -- James Antill <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fedora -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
