Once upon a time, Reindl Harald <h.rei...@thelounge.net> said: > no, given that /usr/sbin/iptables is clearly a administrative > command and so there is no valid reason to seek for iptables > in /usr/bin/ nor have it as override is a logical conclusion
And there's no reason to look in /usr/sbin for a clearly non-administrative command like "ls". The non-admin commands will in most cases vastly outnumber the admin commands, so putting /usr/bin first just makes sense from a performance standpoint. > "Incorrect order of /usr/bin and /usr/sbin in path" is plain wrong > and the PATH /usr/sbin:/usr/bin is in any case correct - period No, /usr/bin is supposed to be before /usr/sbin, because otherwise you get broken behavior just like the original poster said they had (mock didn't work but /usr/bin/mock did). The reason is that there are some programs (like mock) that have an entry in both directories. The /usr/bin version is a symlink to consolehelper, that grants additional privileges based on where the user is connected (console vs. network). This is long-time Fedora (and Red Hat Linux before that) behavior. I believe consolehelper is being replaced, but that isn't done yet; after that, the PATH order shouldn't matter. To the OP: I'd suggest checking your .bash_profile to see if something has changed the PATH there. -- Chris Adams <li...@cmadams.net> -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
