> >>Hmm.. Don't exactly know why the man page states that, but typically
> >>binaries that the superuser uses are stored in /bin. Normal users use
> >>/usr/bin, which is where that should go.
>
> Actually, there seem to be a lot of programs that ordinary users would
> use in /bin.
>
> Stuff like 'vi', for instance.
>
> Administrative programs that the superuser would use are likely going to
> go into /sbin, or /usr/sbin, which is a relatively recent addition, it
> seems.
Additionally, IIRC, /sbin was for staticlly linked binaries, to be used
when other partitions weren't mounted, but it doesn't seem to be the case
any longer, probably because they use libs from /lib anyway.
Thanks for the clarification,
Dave
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