[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adrian Bridgett) wrote on 16.08.00 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 12:31:47 -0500 (+0000), Branden Robinson wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 07:22:26PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > > > Well, the FHS is contradicting itself here. On one hand, it says that > > > ifconfig is required to be in /sbin, on the other, according to this > > > paragraph, since a user could ocassionally wish to run ifconfig to list > > > the interfaces, it has to be in /bin. Someone should bring this up on > > > the FHS list. > > > > I agree with that much. > [snip] > > What so wrong with "user tools in */bin and sysadmin tools in */sbin". Nothing, if the definition of "user tools" matches the FHS /bin - /sbin distinction, which says that if users ever run the thing, it belongs in /bin. > As an advanced user, I always put /sbin and /usr/sbin in my PATH, whatever > the unix I'm on. And the FHS *explicitely* says you shouldn't have to. > People who know about ifconfig should know enough to add /sbin and /usr/sbin > to their PATH IMO. And the FHS *explicitely* says they shouldn't have to. MfG Kai