On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 07:17:09PM +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > >>>>> On Wed, 16 Oct 2019, William Hubbs wrote: > > > Back in the day, the s in /sbin and /usr/sbin meant static, not super > > user. All binaries in those directories were statically linked. > > Where have you found that statement? The "s" stands for "system", > not for "static". See for example [1]. > > Traditionally, these programs used to be in /etc (!), and were moved > to /sbin later. For example, documentation of V7 Unix [2] says that > "dangerous maintenance utilities" live in /etc (and doesn't mention > /sbin at all). > > Somewhat later, in 4.3BSD NET/2 these system binaries are in /sbin: > "system programs and administration utilities fundamental to both > single-user and multi-user environments" [3]. > > > [1] https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/ch03s16.html
> [2] > https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hier&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=Unix+Seventh+Edition&arch=default&format=html > [3] > https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hier&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=4.3BSD+NET%2F2&arch=default&format=html Please read the links I posted before --specifically the comments from Rob. Also, there is this. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3519952 Tl;dr the bin sbin separation is a historical separation that doesn't make sense any longer. William > <
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