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?? Because for security issues only root should be able to run them. Some sbin programs only work correctly if run by root. > just cause its in the sbin path does not mean that only root can run > it... sbin is for "static-binaries" right?? No, system binaries. Best regards, Martin Stricker -- Homepage: http://www.martin-stricker.de/ Linux Migration Project: http://www.linux-migration.org/ Red Hat Linux 7.3 for low memory: http://www.rule-project.org/ Registered Linux user #210635: http://counter.li.org/ -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
