Re: Problems with ifconfig in Fedora 8

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On 22/04/2008, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  There's a reason that ordinary users don't include /sbin:  There can be
>  commands in /bin and /sbin with the same command name, but to do
>  slightly different roles.  The root user will use the first one if
>  finds, the one in /sbin, which may allow them to do more than what an
>  ordinary user can do with the /bin command.

We really ought to fix that :o) the issue is one of ordering more than
actual inclusion in the path, i.e. the order should for /bin,/sbin
(for each of /usr/local, /usr, /) for users and /sbin,/bin (likewise)
for root.

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