Re: Should programs that don't require root permission move out of /usr/sbin?

On Tuesday 2023-08-15 11:21, xtexChooser--- via openSUSE Factory wrote:

Recently, I noticed that the `getcap` program in the `libcap-progs` package is packaged into `/usr/sbin/` directory. However, this program works without root permission. Is this an expected behaviour? or should it be moved?

No. sbin: "system programs and administration utilities" getcap (or e.g. sysctl) is hardly useful for normal users because of the privileged nature of making modifications with setcap (or sysctl -w). Normal users don't use it, except perhaps to learn a bit about intricate system details, which is not normal enough for /bin.