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Subject: Re: Adding /sbin and /usr/sbin to everyone's path in F10
From: Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede(a)hhs.nl>
To: Development discussions related to Fedora <fedora-devel-list(a)redhat.com>
Date: 04/23/2008 12:32 PM
Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> I propose that we add /sbin and /usr/sbin to the path for normal users
> (as well as root) for F10? There are plenty of useful tools in there for
> non-root users (ifconfig, fdisk, parted), and IMHO, any tool which
> assumes the user is root because it lives in /sbin is fundamentally
> broken. The LSB doesn't mandate this (at least, not anywhere I can see),
> so I propose that we just do it.
>
> Anyone opposed to such an action?
>
Not at all,
+1000000
I've been consistenly changing /etc/profile todo exactly this since the
day I started using RH 4.0
Regards,
Hans
+1000000 here too
I'm tired of editing profiles, too. I've never had any trouble with
/sbin and /usr/sbin in my PATH for over two years. It's frustrated me
more than enough times.
Mike