On Sat, 23 Nov 2002, Mike A. Harris wrote: > On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, Tommy McNeely wrote: > > >in /etc/profile, I have had to comment out the "if" and "fi" lines to make > >the "sbin" paths automatically be part of a "users" path.. (like for > >traceroute)... why do I have to do this?? > > > ># Path manipulation > >#if [ `id -u` = 0 ]; then > > pathmunge /sbin > > pathmunge /usr/sbin > > pathmunge /usr/local/sbin > >#fi > > > > > >just cause its in the sbin path does not mean that only root can run it... > >sbin is for "static-binaries" right?? > > /sbin and /usr/sbin have never been part of a user's path in > traditional Unix and Linux systems. While some distributions may > possibly put these directories in users paths by default, it is > by no means a standard. i have, for a long time, *personally* added /sbin and /usr/sbin to my own non-root account search path, so that i can run commands like "ifconfig" and "mount" just to *display* that info. i've always felt that having /sbin and /usr/sbin as part of a non-root search path was convenient; however, i've also always felt that it's a decision that should be left to the users and not added at the system-wide config level. rday p.s. if that was totally confusing, it means i'm agreeing with mike. i think. Robert P. J. Day, RHCE, RHCI Eno River Technologies, Chapel Hill NC Unix, Linux and Open Source corporate training http://www.linux-migration.org -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
