Thomas Bushnell writes: > Jeroen Dekkers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Yes, but I can't find a rationale for the /sbin directory. > > It is for programs which are "only generally useful to system > administrators".
Who decides what is only useful to system administrators? Only Solaris systems, ping is in /usr/sbin. On Debian, it is in /bin. On the other hand, traceroute is in /usr/sbin. I can't see much difference between ping and traceroute as far as the usefulness for users is concerned. I know that the ping vs. traceroute topic has been discussed on debian-devel and I don't think that /sbin should be given up. But programs should not be left in /sbin for historical reasons. And programs that are only useful to system administrators on GNU/Linux systems should be moved from /sbin to /bin if they are useful to normal users on the Hurd. _______________________________________________ Help-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd
