On Fri, Apr 08, 2016 at 03:44:06AM +0100, M. J. Everitt wrote: > 3) I still believe there is merit in distinguishing between binaries > that can/should be run as root, and those that can/should not. Those > that run as root 100% of the time, or use VMs, don't really 'use' linux > in the original sense of the OS ..
Here is more info about the split and why it exists. It turns out it hs nothing to do with system admininistration or permissions. http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2010-December/074114.html http://www.osnews.com/story/25556/Understanding_the_bin_sbin_usr_bin_usr_sbin_Split/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3519952 In short, this is all a historical artifact with justifications thought up after the fact. William
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