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Re: Bug#312669: /sbin/ifconfig: Add ifconfig to user path



On Friday 10 June 2005 10.40, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> Hello Olaf,
>
> On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 02:58:21PM +0200, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> > ifconfig is in /sbin and only in root's path. But ifconfig is runnable
> > and useful for normal users, so it'd be nice if it could be added to
> > the path of normal users too.
..
>
> So I am inclined to ignore this wishlist bug, however I wait for reponses
> on the developer mailing list.

Given that it is trivial to do
	$ echo PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin >> ~/.bash_profile
or the equivalent for whatever $SHELL a user is running, I'd support that.  

cheers
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