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Re: permissions in /sbin



On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 07:51:55AM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> andy writes:
> > OK - but according to RUTE sbin = "Superuser binary executables.
> 
> The "s" is for "system", not for "superuser".
> 
> > These are programs for system administration only. Only the root will
> > have these executables in their path" ("Rute User's Tutorial &
> > Exposition", Paul Sheer, 2002; p137).
> 
> Any user can add /sbin to her path.

Yes.  And also you can run any command anywhere by adding full path as
long as the permission allows.  I mean like:

 /sbin/ifconfig
 



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