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

[astronut <astronut@gmail.com>]

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Adrian von Bidder wrote:

>On Friday 10 June 2005 10.40, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
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>>Hello Olaf,
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>>On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 02:58:21PM +0200, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
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>>>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.
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>>So I am inclined to ignore this wishlist bug, however I wait for reponses
>>on the developer mailing list.
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>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.  
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>cheers
>-- vbi
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I agree. The type of user who is likely to be using the ifconfig command
on a regular basis is the type of user who probably already has sbin in
their path. (Power user, sysadmin's nonprivleged account, etc.).