"Joseph S. Gardner" wrote:
>
> Steve Philp wrote:
>
> > Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Mulvaney, Jerry wrote:
> > >
> > > > Everything works great under Mandrake 6.0, but I can't find out how to start
> > > > a dial up connection without starting X and running netcfg. Can I do this
> > > > from the command line?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > ***There's a fine line between an attitude problem and thinking clearly***
> > > >
> > >
> > > ifup ppp0
> >
> > And since /sbin isn't in a normal user's path, it's:
> >
> > /sbin/ifup ppp0
> >
> > for a normal user.
>
> OK, stupid question time (forgive me I'm not anywhere my linux box and been having a
> brain fart all day). Isn't the /sbin directory where all "system binary's" go to
> live their happy little lives, if so wouldn't these be protected and why would an
> ordinary user have access to them, or does each user have an /sbin directory with
> copies (or links) back to the files in an administrator/system directory? (see why
> I was looking for a hierarchy of the file system earlier 8-)).
You're correct, /sbin is where system binaries go (actually, I think the
historic purpose of the directory was for statically linked binaries --
you could use them to recover the system incase of shared library
failures).
For a "normal" Unix system, you really wouldn't want normal users having
access to bringing interfaces up and down. I certainly wouldn't want
it.
But, we're not really dealing with "normal Unix systems" when you're
talking about home systems. PPP interfaces are brought up and down at
will and normal users need to be able to control them.
As for the later part, there is only one /sbin, not a directory per
user.
--
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
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