reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread Daniel Barowy
Hello everyone, This is, I'm sure, a naive question, so bear with me. What is the purpose of /usr/libexec? I see from hier(7) that it has something to do with System daemons and utilities (executed by other programs) which probably means, stuff not normally executed by users. But it's

Re: reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread Theo de Raadt
This is, I'm sure, a naive question, so bear with me. What is the purpose of /usr/libexec? I see from hier(7) that it has something to do with System daemons and utilities (executed by other programs) which probably means, stuff not normally executed by users. But it's unclear to me

Re: reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread Daniel Barowy
On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, Theo de Raadt wrote: It is stuff that isn't on root's path. Ok-- it turns out I am even more naive than I previously thought. I can see that /usr/libexec is not in root's path on my machine (maybe that's why the 'usr' part is in there?). But why not? /sbin/init is

Re: reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread Theo de Raadt
On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, Theo de Raadt wrote: It is stuff that isn't on root's path. Ok-- it turns out I am even more naive than I previously thought. I can see that /usr/libexec is not in root's path on my machine (maybe that's why the 'usr' part is in there?). But why not? Becuase

Re: reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread Bob Beck
* Daniel Barowy m...@barowy.net [2009-07-15 09:58]: Hello everyone, This is, I'm sure, a naive question, so bear with me. What is the purpose of /usr/libexec? I see from hier(7) that it has something to do with System daemons and utilities (executed by other programs) which probably

Re: reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread Han Boetes
Daniel Barowy wrote: On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, Theo de Raadt wrote: It is stuff that isn't on root's path. [snip] But why not? Because you never have to execute any of those programs manually. They are just programs which are executed by other programs. Just like libraries are used by other

Re: reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread Michal
Message- From: owner-m...@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-m...@openbsd.org] On Behalf Of Theo de Raadt Sent: 15 July 2009 17:31 To: Daniel Barowy Cc: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: reason for libexec? On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, Theo de Raadt wrote: It is stuff that isn't on root's path. Ok

Re: reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread James P. Howard, II
On Wed Jul 15 2009 12:31:11 GMT-0400 (EDT) , Theo de Raadt dera...@cvs.openbsd.org wrote: On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, Theo de Raadt wrote: It is stuff that isn't on root's path. Ok-- it turns out I am even more naive than I previously thought. I can see that /usr/libexec is not in root's path on my

Re: reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread Jacob Yocom-Piatt
ability to send retarded emails will be moderated. -Original Message- From: owner-m...@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-m...@openbsd.org] On Behalf Of Theo de Raadt Sent: 15 July 2009 17:31 To: Daniel Barowy Cc: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: reason for libexec? On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, Theo de

Re: reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread Thomas Pfaff
On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:31:11 -0600 Theo de Raadt dera...@cvs.openbsd.org wrote: Does everyone on this list have ADD? Commit to usr.bin/mg/theo.c please ;-)

Re: reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread Bob Beck
* Thomas Pfaff tpf...@tp76.info [2009-07-15 11:22]: On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:31:11 -0600 Theo de Raadt dera...@cvs.openbsd.org wrote: Does everyone on this list have ADD? Commit to usr.bin/mg/theo.c please ;-) No, because all of us that read misc@ say this every single day :) theo.c

Re: reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread Ted Unangst
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Michalmic...@sharescope.co.uk wrote: As far as I'm aware ADD is on the autistic spectrum, and it is generally believed that a lot of people in IT are on the spectrum, especially those in the more technical areas, so in a way, your probably sort of right...in a