Re: traceroute vs. traceroute6

[Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>]

On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 02:08:25PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote:
> 
> # 4.7  /usr/sbin : Non-essential standard system binaries
> # 
> # This directory contains any non-essential binaries used exclusively by
> # the system administrator.
> 
> Notice the _exclusively_.

SA != root.

> > There are other setuid binaries in sbin and /usr/sbin as well.
> 
> % find /sbin /usr/sbin -perm 4755
> /sbin/unix_chkpwd                                       [1]
> /usr/sbin/traceroute

What about /usr/sbin/sendmail? I sometimes use it as a user on systems that
I don't administer.  Should it be moved to /usr/bin using your argument?
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