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[openFATE 310311] Unify default PATH
- From: fate_noreply@xxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:30:58 +0200 (CEST)
- Message-id: <feature-310311-8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Feature changed by: Georg Müller (georgmueller)
Feature #310311, revision 8
Title: Unify default PATH
openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed
Priority
Requester: Important
Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel)
Description:
The default PATH settings for root and normal users are inconsistent at
various places in the distribution:
glibc - /usr/include/paths.h:
#define _PATH_DEFPATH "/usr/bin:/bin"
#define _PATH_STDPATH "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
coreutils - /etc/default/su:
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin
SUPATH=/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin
coreutils - /bin/su:
#define DEFAULT_LOGIN_PATH "/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:
/usr/X11R6/bin"
#define DEFAULT_ROOT_LOGIN_PATH "/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin"
pwdutils - /etc/login.defs:
ENV_PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
ENV_ROOTPATH /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
aaa_base - /etc/profile and /etc/csh.login
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH
sudo:
--with-secure-path=/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin
... and probably many more ...
The default PATH setting should be made consistent across all tools.
Discussion:
#1: Jan Engelhardt (jengelh) (2010-08-15 19:16:36)
Certainly. Many administrator-level tools (that are in sbin) are also
executable and meaningful to a user - like /sbin/ip. The two groups
should have the same base PATH.
#2: Jan Matejek (matejcik) (2010-08-23 19:21:55) (reply to #1)
most administrator-level tools that are meaningful to users are already
symlinked to 'bin' - my guess is that if there is a tool that is not
symlinked, that is a bug of the current solution, not a conceptual
problem
+ #3: Georg Müller (georgmueller) (2010-08-24 18:30:39) (reply to #1)
+ modinfo and tcpdump (e.g. use it to read from a file) are just two of
+ them. I could search for more of them...
+
--
openSUSE Feature:
https://features.opensuse.org/310311
Feature #310311, revision 8
Title: Unify default PATH
openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed
Priority
Requester: Important
Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel)
Description:
The default PATH settings for root and normal users are inconsistent at
various places in the distribution:
glibc - /usr/include/paths.h:
#define _PATH_DEFPATH "/usr/bin:/bin"
#define _PATH_STDPATH "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
coreutils - /etc/default/su:
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin
SUPATH=/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin
coreutils - /bin/su:
#define DEFAULT_LOGIN_PATH "/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:
/usr/X11R6/bin"
#define DEFAULT_ROOT_LOGIN_PATH "/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin"
pwdutils - /etc/login.defs:
ENV_PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
ENV_ROOTPATH /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
aaa_base - /etc/profile and /etc/csh.login
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH
sudo:
--with-secure-path=/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin
... and probably many more ...
The default PATH setting should be made consistent across all tools.
Discussion:
#1: Jan Engelhardt (jengelh) (2010-08-15 19:16:36)
Certainly. Many administrator-level tools (that are in sbin) are also
executable and meaningful to a user - like /sbin/ip. The two groups
should have the same base PATH.
#2: Jan Matejek (matejcik) (2010-08-23 19:21:55) (reply to #1)
most administrator-level tools that are meaningful to users are already
symlinked to 'bin' - my guess is that if there is a tool that is not
symlinked, that is a bug of the current solution, not a conceptual
problem
+ #3: Georg Müller (georgmueller) (2010-08-24 18:30:39) (reply to #1)
+ modinfo and tcpdump (e.g. use it to read from a file) are just two of
+ them. I could search for more of them...
+
--
openSUSE Feature:
https://features.opensuse.org/310311
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