Enrico Scholz <enrico.scholz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > "Tom \"spot\" Callaway" <tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > >> > I propose that we add /sbin and /usr/sbin to the path for normal users > >> > ... > >> > Anyone opposed to such an action? > >> > >> /me /me too > > Your thorough and elaborately explained reasoning has concisely shown me > > the errors in my proposal. Thank you for taking the time to reply to my > > email with such useful and important information. > ok; let me more verbose: > > 1. such changes require a good reason; direct reachability of a fistful > of programs is not a good reason. There are side effects (console > helper, other programs relying on traditional $PATH) which are not > handled in your proposition. Yep. Have to consider paths wired into brains too... > 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. Should perhaps be supplemented with friendly tools for users on foot in /usr/bin? None of those is really fit for human consumption... > 3. tab-completion will show me a lot of new programs which are for zero > use. This will slow down my work. Nodz. > 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) I.e., get /root/s shell configuration before doing anything? -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 2797513 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
