On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 03:05 +0300, wld wrote: > On 4/10/06, Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-04-09 at 15:18 -0400, Dan wrote: > > > Jeff Vian wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2006-04-09 at 04:05 -0400, Dan wrote: > > > > > > > >> Andrew wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> Jörn Rink wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>>> Am Fri, 07 Apr 2006 23:07:44 -0600 > > > >>>> hat andrew <fedora@xxxxxxxxxx> (andrew) folgendes geschrieben: > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > snip > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >> module-init-tools . It's in /sbin, so you need to be root (not sudo either). > > > >> -Dan > > > >> > > > >> > > > > "/sbin/lsmod" works for me as a regular user. > > > > You need the path but do not need to be root to run it. > > > > > > > > > > > Oh, for me too. Did they change that in FC5? /sbin used to be root-read > > > only. > > > > /sbin has NEVER been restricted to root only. > > > > It just does not get put into the normal users path so things there are > > not accessible for the untrained or non-adventurous. > > > > But not all programs in /sbin, /usr/sbin work for "mortal" users - > try eg. /sbin/insmod > Exactly! That is the location for system administration tools. Thus a normal user likely does not need most of them. The name tells all -- "sbin" means (historically at least) system binaries. Just having access to the tool does not necessarily mean it works for you if you are a regular user. :-) That is why they are not in a normal users path. :-) Read up on the directory structure and why it is that way.
