On 13/5/23 18:36, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
Ip is by default in /bin, perhaps because it's more "modern". Ifconfig
has always been in /sbin, long before Debian existed.
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Some programs are on the root path and some on the user path and most
(all?) on both.
The exact reasons are in the mists of time, but it seems likely the
powers didn't want users to routinely use programs better run by
adminstrators.
Using sudo automatically gives you the root path so you can run programs
'better run by admins' without extra work figuring out paths and any
local variations.
In some cases sudo is actually required and in some cases it makes no
difference.
Jeremy
