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

[Mike Cronenworth]

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Subject: Re:Adding /sbin and /usr/sbin to everyone's path in F10
From: Matthew Miller <mattdm at mattdm.org>
To: Development discussions related to Fedora <fedora-devel-list at redhat.com>
Date: 04/23/2008 06:21 PM
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:50:23PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
>   
>>> What happens if a debian user types 'ifconfig' to find his IP address?
>>>       
>> $ ifconfig
>> -bash: ifconfig: command not found
>>     
>
>
> If the goal here is "provide users with an easy way to find their ip
> address", I don't think changing how one calls an arcane command like
> ifconfig is really the solution. Instead, there should be a shell script
> named something like "myip", which will then just return that. 
>
>   
If Fedora's supposed target is a "regular desktop user" they will want 
to use Network Manager to find their IP address. Right click on 
NM-applet and Show Info. Done.

Leave ifconfig alone. Creating a new script won't solve anything. Normal 
users consider the terminal a "piece of crap" to put it lightly.
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