Rationale

[John Smith <netman1@home.nl>]

Hi All,

	checked google, asked this before on irc, didn't get a 
usable answer (can't find any use of /etc/login.defs).

	What is the rationale behind the PATH environment variable?
Running woody I get 

/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games

as a normal user. As root I get

/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:
/usr/bin/X11

Thinking security I would expect them the other way around. 
So /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin and /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
Mind you: I do not want this changed, just explained.

Anybody care to enlighten me ;-) ?

Sincerely,

Jan.

"Did anybody know 2.6 is not cat proof?"