Jonathan Arsenault wrote:
On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 16:05 +0100, Alexey Eremenko wrote:
Hi all !
Basic utilities such as "ifconfig" do not work under user account, but
only under root.
This problem doesn't happens in other distros. This is because normal
user has no /sbin on it's $PATH.
I think we should add
export PATH=/sbin;$PATH
To skeleton user account to fix this.
I disagree with your statement that /sbin is only available to "root".
It can be obtained by a user with "> /sbin/ifconfig" by simply adding
the complete path. Also non System 5 unix distros ( like Debian based
KNOPPIX and Ubuntu) have ruined the basic unix concept by destroying the
value of root as being the all powerful user. It was in the past
thought of as root having complete control of the system without any
permission problems. Even to the point of complete eraser of the system
(=> "rm -r *"). However, it was also assumed that this option was not
available to the normal user ">". Hence the different $PATH (echo
$PATH) for root and a user. Also "su" and "sudo" are not always equal
to a real root user prompt "#". They may come close but are not always
the same as root.
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