Re: /etc/profile should include sbin in PATH

To: Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
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Subject: Re: /etc/profile should include sbin in PATH
From: Nils Jeppe <nils@jeppe.de>
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 23:05:26 +0100 (CET)
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 87yaaqvfdj.fsf@HSE-Montreal-ppp19485.qc.sympatico.ca>

On 19 Dec 1999, Greg Stark wrote:

> Many binaries in these directories serve dual purposes and are useful to both
> normal users and the administrator, For example ifconfig, lsmod, traceroute
> all live in /usr/sbin or /sbin.

...which are not programs the day-to-day user really ought to use
anyway. Okay, traceroute maybe, but the rest? No way.

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