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>>>>> On Wed, 25 Nov 2015, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote: |
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> On 11/25/2015 06:10 PM, William Hubbs wrote: |
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>> I would like for us to discuss adding the sbin directories to PATH |
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>> for all users. |
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> This sounds strange to me, if it should be executable by all users |
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> it likely shouldn't be in sbin in the first place but in bin. In any |
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> case; I don't see any good reason to change the traditional behavior |
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> of sbin only being in path for root. |
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+1 |
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The sbin directories are separate from bin for the very reason that |
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binaries in there (which are only usable with elevated privileges) can |
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be excluded from normal users' PATH. |
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Users who for whatever reason want these directories in their PATH can |
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include them in their local settings, but as the general default it |
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makes no sense. |
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Ulrich |
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