mkfs in /sbin, mkisofs in /usr/bin (was: Re: Intent To Split: netbase
On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 11:26:17AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>
> The things that we do put in /sbin, for the same reasons, we
> expect that the average user will not use them and might be confused
> by encountering them. For example, mkfs and fsck and so forth are in
> /sbin. Anyone can use these, on a file or on a device they have
> permissions for. It's not that we expect only root to use these, but
> that we expect anyone who wanted to use them to probably know enough
> about the system to be root (or at least enough more than the average
> user that they can handle putting /sbin in their path).
There is some inconsistency here.
ulysses:~# which mkisofs
/usr/bin/mkisofs
ulysses:~# which mke2fs
/sbin/mke2fs
And note that one can burn any filesystem on a CD (if you are allowed to
access the CD writer).
Thanks,
Marcus
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