On 19:31 23 Nov 2002, Martin Stricker <shugal@gmx.de> wrote: | 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. Feh. They should be _harmless_ if run by nonroot. It's generally safe for mortal users to have them available, and often useful. Chuck 'em at the _end_ of $PATH if it bothers you. | > 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. These days, maybe. In older times, it did mean static - these binaries would run before the shared libraries in /usr were available. It may as well mean "standalone", because these are basic tools that must work when little of the system is active or available. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 cs@zip.com.au http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ I have no help to send, therefore I must go myself. - Aragorn son of Arathorn -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
