Joe Sloan wrote:
Dave Howorth wrote:
Joe Sloan wrote:
in fact anything in /opt or /usr/local usually wasn't even in root's path I should hope not! root should have a strictly limited path to limit security exploits.
I'm not sure the lack of finish characteristic of the old school unices provides the security benefits you perceive.
In any event the question becomes, is it lack of polish, or a carefully calculated attempt to limit the damage done by a bad superuser? The fact that not just roots path, but everybodys path seems a bit anemic on the old school unices, strongly hints at the former.
No, it's the latter.
IMHO the general user's path should certainly include commonly used utilities located in non-world-writable directories.
You have to understand, Joe, that anything in /opt is non-standard, BY DEFINITION. IF it was standard, then it would be in /usr or /usr/bin or /usr/X11/bin or something similar. top is an "edge" case... some Unix vendors include it in their software distributions (HP, for instance), and some don't. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org