Chad Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I like that debian's bash package has different paths for users and the > superuser, but it's caused me to question ideas behind the placement of > some programs in 'sbin' directories. > > For instance, a program joeuser uses often is 'traceroute' (which is in > /usr/sbin). Other (questionable) ones might be /usr/sbin/fbset or > /usr/sbin/lpc .
not to mention ifconfig! having these utils in the non-root path is hardly a security risk. if anything, this is just to keep down helpdesk calls like "what does MAKEDEV do?" personally, since many of these commands print out usefull, non-security-risking data, i don't see any good reason to keep em out. > > Which is wrong? Is it bash' assumption that "only the superuser executes > stuff in sbin," or that "these programs should be in sbin?" Essentially, > by question boils down to "To which packages should I apply a bug > report -- bash or the others?" > > This discussion might belong in debian-policy, depending on your answer. > > - chad > > ref'd... > traceroute-nanog: /usr/sbin/traceroute > lprng: /usr/sbin/lpc > fbset: /usr/sbin/fbset > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- (jacob kuntz) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED],underworld}.net (megabite systems) "think free speech, not free beer."
