Currently the default PATH for Debian does not include /sbin, /usr/sbin, nor /usr/local/sbin. If an user wants to run a program in either /sbin/ or /usr/sbin the full path must be specified.
Some programs don't necessarily need root privileges like blkid, iwconfig, ifconfig, service etc. and can be partially useful for the normal user. If a program requires root privileges, sudo is nowadays a standard solution (the debian installer even automatically installs sudo undder specific circumstances). To run a program as root with sudo the user must specify the correct path, e.g. sudo /usr/sbin/visudo instead of just sudo visudo or su -c visudo. Changing the default PATH for normal users to include /sbin, /usr/sbin as well as /usr/local/sbin would be a great thing for simplifying command line usage for normal users. If /sbin, /usr/sbin and /usr/local/sbin are added at the end of the PATH there should be no problems for existing environments if there are programs with the same name in /sbin and /bin… I know that these changes are late in the release cycle so I suggest to make the changes for Jessie. cheers, Ulrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5021be0b.1020...@spamt.net
