Re: Understanding /root, /usr, /var and so on

[Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net>]

On Sunday 26 March 2006 00:26, Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much) 
wrote:
>S. Keeling wrote:
>> [...]
>> And it's really annoying on every install to have to fix user's
>> PATHs adding /sbin so they can run ifconfig.
>> [...]
>
>Create a link in /usr/local/bin to ifconfig.

I have a silly question though, why does the user need access to 
ifconfig?  If the admin is doing his job, it seems that the network 
paths the user might need should be properly setup, and Joe SixPack 
shouldn't have, nor need access to ifconfig.  Giving everybody access 
to ifconfig and its ilk sure sounds like a big security hole to me.

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