Re: horse carcas flogging (was: traceroute in /usr/bin, not /usr/sbin)
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 02:04:07AM -0400, Brent Verner wrote:
> quoting /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/fhs/fhs.html/fhs-3.10.html
>
> Deciding what things go into "sbin" directories is simple: If a
> normal (not a system administrator) user will ever run it directly,
> then it should be placed in one of the "bin" directories. Ordinary
> users should not have to place any of the sbin directories in their
> path.
>
> When I am _not_ root on my box, I am most definitely _not_ acting in
> an administrative capacity, and I _have_ found cause to run traceroute
> while not root, as I'm sure many other users have.
If one accepts your definition of what programs might be run by normal users,
then we might as well move all of sbin into bin, because a normal user might
run any of those programs out of "curiosity".
Based upon the verbiage that you have cited above, a reasonable person can
only conclude that when the FHS authors chose the (rather sloppy) phrase "If
a normal user will ever run it", what they really meant to say was "If the
distributor intends for normal users to run it", not "If normal users might
happen to run it because they're curious".
--Adam
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Adam McKenna <adam@debian.org> <adam@flounder.net>
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