While trying to explain to someone how to run ping, I noticed that by
default, we exclude /sbin and /usr/sbin (etc) from the normal user path.
There are various arguments as to whether that is a good idea or not
(especially given that ping and md5 are both in /sbin...?), but my current
On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, Robert Watson wrote:
path, we should consider moving a few of the things in /sbin and /usr/sbin
into /bin and /usr/bin respectively. For example, md5 is sufficiently
useful for all users that having it in the default user path would be a
good idea. Ping is also a
On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, Kris Kennaway wrote:
On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, Robert Watson wrote:
path, we should consider moving a few of the things in /sbin and /usr/sbin
into /bin and /usr/bin respectively. For example, md5 is sufficiently
useful for all users that having it in the default user
On 28-Feb-00 Robert Watson wrote:
apm and zzz are a couple more for the list in /usr/sbin that is
potentially useful for more than just root. vidcontrol probably also
falls in that category--things that make sense for console users who may
not be administrators.
I just put /sbin and
