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Re: /usr/bin vs /usr/sbin



On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Joseph Carter wrote:

> LTNT..  =>
> 
> On Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 03:45:43AM -0800, George Bonser 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. 
> 
> This has become the definition but that wasn't the original purpose..

The original purpose of /usr was for user's home directories.

Original purpose arguments aren't very useful..

Jules

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