On 12/09/2011 05:13 AM, Alec T. Habig wrote:
Ken Teh writes:
Is there some reason why regular users get /usr/local/sbin, /sbin,
/usr/sbin in their PATH? SL5x didnt do it and I believe that was also
the case for SL4x. Can I remove it safely?
I'm running 6.X and my regular users don't have it in their paths, with
no harm done.
Didn't realize the default had changed: I guess my /etc/skel stuff for
making new users is just old.
This has been an ongoing discussion for some time. Here is part of the
conversation (circa Fedora 10):
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-April/msg01947.html
The point of having /sbin and /bin separate wasn't security, it was to
have a mini bootable system in sbin and only that, to permit smooth
remote mounting of the rest of the binaries later from a different (or
alternate) /bin. But things haven't worked that way forever.
This discussion came up again the other day, I just can't find the
thread -- the plan is to shift things around to have a universal bin, a
better organized /etc and some minor changes to the way /usr/lib is laid
out to regain some consistency.
Hopefully this can provide some perspective.
