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[Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe Sloan wrote:
> Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> > Joe Sloan wrote:
>
> > > I have to fix the path to deal with the complaints of users who complain
> > > that e.g. "ifconfig" isn't installed, or who maybe have to type a full
> > > path for common commands. There's IMHO no reason a normal desktop user
> > > shouldn't be able to run many commands which reside in /sbin or
> > > /usr/sbin.
> > Unix has always been like that, too.
> >
> >
> > It used to be that many admin commands that are now in /sbin or
> > /usr/sbin used to be in /etc.  And /etc was never in any user's
> > path except for root's.
>
> I had to edit the paths even more extensively in hpux, solaris or aix -
> in fact anything in /opt or /usr/local usually wasn't even in root's
> path

AND THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE!!!
That's a security risk.

Root is for ADMINISTRATIVE use, not running apps.

> - but I expect to spend time fixing things up to make those OSes

Hat to say it, but no, you were possibly introducing
security holes into those systems.  Very few apps in
/opt or /usr/local are ever tested for safety under
root's UID.

> work correctly.
>
> Joe



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