On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 02:46:34AM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > You are looking at completely the wrong properties. The issue is not at all > if a file is a binary, a text file, a picture or a marshmallow from outer > space. Here are a few hints that should bring you on the right track: > > /bin: Executables that should be in the user's (including the superuser's) PATH. > /sbin: Executables that should be in the superuser's PATH, but not in the > PATH of other user's. > /libexec: executables that should not be in any user's path and that are > started indirectly by other programs for their own purpose. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > /hurd: executables that can do something useful with the bootstrap port to > attach themself as Hurd servers to the file system, that should not > be in any user's PATH, and are started indirectly by settrans or ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > the parent filesystem on the explicit request of the user. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Kindly explain the difference between the indicated phrases. > Forget any argument about what can be started as a program. Stop making it. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK
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