On Sun, 24 Nov 2002, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> | > 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.
i don't think that's right. from what i remember, the directories
/bin, /lib (and later /sbin) would normally be made available
fairly early in the boot process (since they were part of the
root filesystem), while /usr/{bin,lib,sbin} might be mounted
later in the boot process.
i'm pretty sure the directories /sbin and /usr/sbin were invented
initially for system binaries -- those meant to be run only by
the superuser. but i'm willing to be corrected.
rday
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