On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 20:50 +0200, nigel henry wrote: > It would make sense for /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin being in ~/.bash_profile > as default. /usr/local/bin, and /usr/local/sbin probably are not neccessary, > as these would only be there from user installed source tarballs. > > There do not seem to be any security issues here, as any user can add pathways > to ~/.bash_profile, and they can only read the info, not change it. There probably still are things that a user can do some harm with sbin commands, so I wouldn't be too carefree about it. On a single user system it probably isn't too much of a problem, beyond having to fix up what went wrong (though they'd have to know what to do). Keeping them out of the path helps against accidents and following bad advice. On a multi-user system there's more potential to cause a problem. Putting such commands in sbin sub-directories makes it less likely for them to be used accidentally. And it can be a method of making it next to impossible for unauthorised users to use those commands. -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
