From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F280C1382C5 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2018 10:55:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 077D0E09C6; Sat, 10 Feb 2018 10:55:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A93D9E093D for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2018 10:55:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pomiot (d202-252.icpnet.pl [109.173.202.252]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: mgorny) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7C08B335C54; Sat, 10 Feb 2018 10:55:34 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <1518260131.1474.8.camel@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: baselayout 2.5 changes From: =?UTF-8?Q?Micha=C5=82_G=C3=B3rny?= To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, Mike Gilbert Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 11:55:31 +0100 In-Reply-To: <3d417045-a4be-064f-3a48-0fa2e2b29928@gentoo.org> References: <20180208195256.GA32376@whubbs1.gaikai.biz> <23164.46578.955475.114066@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <3d417045-a4be-064f-3a48-0fa2e2b29928@gentoo.org> Organization: Gentoo Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.24.6 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: e6f7c4bc-d3b9-4552-b627-99d5e4941e1d X-Archives-Hash: b69354c14da5604995e6307dd587c0bf W dniu sob, 10.02.2018 o godzinie 10∶49 +0000, użytkownik Mike Auty napisał: > On 08/02/18 20:55, Mike Gilbert wrote: > > However, there are plenty of examples of commands that normal users > > may run from sbin. > > Hiya, > > I'm not really for or against the idea, but whenever the justification > for something is "there are plenty of examples" it's really helpful to > have a number of them listed so that people can see what actual benefit > is being provided by the change. Could you name a few of the most > common/important examples so that it's part of the discussion please? > blkid btrfs iwconfig swapon I think historically also 'ifconfig' and 'ping' were in sbin. Sure, those commands are often used by root. But I don't need elevated privileges to want to know my free space or IP address. -- Best regards, Michał Górny