Dave Wreski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
Not quite. Executables intended primarily for the superuser go in
/sbin and /usr/sbin. Executables that are of more general use go in
/bin and /usr/bin.
The use of the /usr prefix (or not) is based on whether the executable
is so important that it should be available even when /usr isn't mounted,
such as during system bringup, maintenance, or crash recovery.
The details are all explained in the FSSTND, which is now called something
else.
Note that on older Unix systems, superuser executables were stored in
/etc. Modern systems moved them into /sbin and /usr/sbin to provide a
cleaner separation between executables and configuration files.
Cheers,
Eric
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