Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what is the purpose of the "-w" option of "sysctl" command?

2018-03-14 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, Rick Leir wrote: > Robert > I am not close to my console, so this is a guess.. > What is in your > /usr/lib/sysctl.d/00-system.conf file? i have no such file. rday ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what is the purpose of the "-w" option of "sysctl" command?

2018-03-14 Thread Rick Leir
Robert I am not close to my console, so this is a guess.. What is in your /usr/lib/sysctl.d/00-system.conf file? Rick On March 14, 2018 7:23:24 AM EDT, "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: > > just noticed something odd ... on my fedora 27 system, the man page >for sysctl reads under PARAMETERS: > >va

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] is there a FHS/LSB rationale for installing in /usr/bin vs /usr/sbin?

2018-03-14 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, Shawn H Corey wrote: > On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 07:03:55 -0400 (EDT) > "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: > > > On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, Stephen M. Webb wrote: > > > > > On 2018-03-14 05:22 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > > > > > obviously, it's not a big deal since both /usr/bin and /usr/

[OCLUG-Tech] what is the purpose of the "-w" option of "sysctl" command?

2018-03-14 Thread Robert P. J. Day
just noticed something odd ... on my fedora 27 system, the man page for sysctl reads under PARAMETERS: variable=value To set a key, use the form variable=value where variable is the key and value is the value to set it to. If the value contains quotes or characters whi

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] is there a FHS/LSB rationale for installing in /usr/bin vs /usr/sbin?

2018-03-14 Thread Shawn H Corey
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 07:03:55 -0400 (EDT) "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: > On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, Stephen M. Webb wrote: > > > On 2018-03-14 05:22 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > > > obviously, it's not a big deal since both /usr/bin and /usr/sbin > > > are part of the normal search path for even re

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] is there a FHS/LSB rationale for installing in /usr/bin vs /usr/sbin?

2018-03-14 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, Stephen M. Webb wrote: > On 2018-03-14 05:22 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > obviously, it's not a big deal since both /usr/bin and /usr/sbin are > > part of the normal search path for even regular users, > > Only on an improperly configured system. /sbin and /usr/sbin sh

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] is there a FHS/LSB rationale for installing in /usr/bin vs /usr/sbin?

2018-03-14 Thread Stephen M. Webb
On 2018-03-14 05:22 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > obviously, it's not a big deal since both /usr/bin and /usr/sbin are > part of the normal search path for even regular users, Only on an improperly configured system. /sbin and /usr/sbin should not be in $PATH for a regular user. -- Stephen

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] is there a FHS/LSB rationale for installing in /usr/bin vs /usr/sbin?

2018-03-14 Thread Brett Delmage
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, Brett Delmage wrote: WHat does file ../sbin/* show on other systems? I meant: file /sbin/* file /usr/sbin/* Any static linking? ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] is there a FHS/LSB rationale for installing in /usr/bin vs /usr/sbin?

2018-03-14 Thread Brett Delmage
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, Robert P. J. Day wrote: more nitpicky pedantry, but i was summarizing some handy system H/W utilities and noticed that, while lsusb and lspci philosophically do the same thing (that is, display system info), on my fedora system, they are installed differently: $ type lsus

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] is there a FHS/LSB rationale for installing in /usr/bin vs /usr/sbin?

2018-03-14 Thread Rick Leir
Robert Thanks for the 'nitpicky pedantry', I generally learn from these threads. This is from distant memory. Sbin means system binaries, implying that they are for sysadmins not for (l)users. The sysadmin can explore sbin utilities more easily when they are in a separate directory. Also, when t

[OCLUG-Tech] is there a FHS/LSB rationale for installing in /usr/bin vs /usr/sbin?

2018-03-14 Thread Robert P. J. Day
more nitpicky pedantry, but i was summarizing some handy system H/W utilities and noticed that, while lsusb and lspci philosophically do the same thing (that is, display system info), on my fedora system, they are installed differently: $ type lsusb lsusb is /usr/bin/lsusb $ type lspci