On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 07:03:55 -0400 (EDT) "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca> wrote: > On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, Stephen M. Webb wrote: > > > On 2018-03-14 05:22 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > > > obviously, it's not a big deal since both /usr/bin and /usr/sbin > > > are part of the normal search path for even regular users, > > > > Only on an improperly configured system. /sbin and /usr/sbin should > > not be in $PATH for a regular user. > > i disagree ... there are all sorts of utilities in /usr/sbin that > regular users might find useful, and there can't be any security > issues with that since users could always just add that to their PATH > in their .bash_profile. > > rday > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux Modern computers are either a PC, which has only one user that needs to maintain the system, or a server, which should not be accessible by regular users. -- Don't stop where the ink does. Shawn H Corey