On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, faisal wrote:
> i have just built an sendmail on my PC can i place it in my /sbin directory
> to make it available always ????
> Is this a good idea ??
>
> by the way i am an NT administrator trying my luck in linux ...
>
>
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The usual place is in /usr/sbin. But if you installed sendmail from an
RPM, it is already installed where it should be. A normal user has no
reasion to run sendmail, and the functions a normal user would use are
covered by symlinks to sendmail using different names.
The /sbin and /usr/sbin are not on a normal user's path, and most of the
programs in these directories are not of much use if you do not nave root
privilages.
Just about all major packages have a standard location in the unix file
system, and you do not want to relocate them without having a good
reasion. You can break scripts by moving programs, and it can be hard
finding the problem when you do this.
Mikkel
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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
