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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