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Re: /usr/bin vs /usr/sbin



On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Joseph Carter wrote:

> > Sbin is for system run binaries, daemons, etc.  This sounds appropriate here.
> 
> sbin is for STATIC binaries.  For some reason none of the Linux dists
> (unless slackware does and the knghtbrd package has a memleak) actually
> use it as designed.
> 

Uhm, I have always been taught that sbin is for things used by superuser.
Things the sysadmin or system needs but that you want out of the general
user's path. 



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