Re:Understanding the bin, sbin, usr/bin, usr/sbin split (2010)
by usrbinbash on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @06:19AM
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> so why should those be present in the user's path
And why shouldn't they?
It's not as if a user could do anything damaging with them, if the system is setup properly.
> Having only usable binaries in the path aids discoverability of the system.
Except when someone new has to go online to ask "I found this tutorial telling me to use the `xyz` command to do this, but all I get is `bash: xyz: command not found`, please help!"
And why shouldn't they?
It's not as if a user could do anything damaging with them, if the system is setup properly.
> Having only usable binaries in the path aids discoverability of the system.
Except when someone new has to go online to ask "I found this tutorial telling me to use the `xyz` command to do this, but all I get is `bash: xyz: command not found`, please help!"