Re: Adding /sbin and /usr/sbin to everyone's path in F10

[Mike Cronenworth <mike cchtml com>]

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Subject: Re: Adding /sbin and /usr/sbin to everyone's path in F10
From: Hans de Goede <j w r degoede hhs nl>
To: Development discussions related to Fedora <fedora-devel-list redhat com>
Date: 04/23/2008 12:32 PM

> Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> > I propose that we add /sbin and /usr/sbin to the path for normal users
> > (as well as root) for F10? There are plenty of useful tools in there for
> > non-root users (ifconfig, fdisk, parted), and IMHO, any tool which
> > assumes the user is root because it lives in /sbin is fundamentally
> > broken. The LSB doesn't mandate this (at least, not anywhere I can see),
> > so I propose that we just do it.
> >
> > Anyone opposed to such an action?
>
> Not at all,
>
> +1000000
>
> I've been consistenly changing /etc/profile todo exactly this since the 
> day I started using RH 4.0
>
> Regards,
>
> Hans

+1000000 here too

I'm tired of editing profiles, too. I've never had any trouble with 
/sbin and /usr/sbin in my PATH for over two years. It's frustrated me 
more than enough times.

Mike