On Friday 10 June 2005 10.40, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > Hello Olaf, > > On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 02:58:21PM +0200, Olaf van der Spek wrote: > > ifconfig is in /sbin and only in root's path. But ifconfig is runnable > > and useful for normal users, so it'd be nice if it could be added to > > the path of normal users too. .. > > So I am inclined to ignore this wishlist bug, however I wait for reponses > on the developer mailing list.
Given that it is trivial to do
$ echo PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin >> ~/.bash_profile
or the equivalent for whatever $SHELL a user is running, I'd support that.
cheers
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