On 08/04/16 15:20, William Hubbs wrote: > 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 I'll come back to the links a bit later, but is policykit and its predecessor/derivatives now a mandatory part of a linux system?
Possibly crossing posts here, so apologies in advance .. ! :]
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