On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 04:16:45AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > /usr/bin/write (--enable-write will get it back again)
Standard part of UNIX. Should probably be kept. > /usr/sbin/ramsize (--enable-rdev will get it back again) > /usr/sbin/rdev (--enable-rdev will get it back again) > /usr/sbin/rootflags (--enable-rdev will get it back again) > /usr/sbin/vidmode (--enable-rdev will get it back again) rdev is quite old technology. I used to use to for creating boot floppies without a bootloader. Basically you are editing the compiled kernel to give it certain info like where a root partition is (say, on another floppy). I cannot see this as being needed by anything but a very specialized setup. > /bin/logger -> /usr/bin/logger > /sbin/losetup -> /bin/losetup Those 2 make sense (though logger should stay in /bin for bootscript compatability) > /sbin/pivot_root -> /bin/pivot_root > /sbin/swapoff -> /bin/swapoff > /sbin/swapon -> /bin/swapon In what scenario would a non-root user ever use these utilities? Matt, did you happen to find any rationale for this? -- Archaic Want control, education, and security from your operating system? Hardened Linux From Scratch http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hlfs -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
