Re: /etc/profile should include sbin in PATH
rlb@cs.utexas.edu (Rob Browning) wrote:
> ... Since we still have to make sure that the flat "path namespace"
> has no conflicts, it's not like having the separate directory really
> buys you anything.
True. Having separate directories for different binaries such as this
does not really buy you anything.
> On our departmental machines, they put *ping* in the admin directories
> because they thought normal users shouldn't be running it. According
> to the arguments of some in this debate, Debian should do the same
> thing.
Note that the FHS actually mentions ping to ensure that it is placed
in /bin rather than /sbin. It's strange that they should go to all
that trouble, and yet they keep the sbin directories AND explicitly
state that ifconfig should be in /sbin. I never said that the FHS was
entirely logical and consistent. All that I have said is that any
problems caused by these inconsistencies are minor annoyances, at most.
Brian
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