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This is the original reason for having /bin vs /sbin The sbin directories are supposed to contain "system" (or superuser) commands, and regular users should NO
by fukawi2 2y ago
This is the original reason for having /bin vs /sbin
The sbin directories are supposed to contain "system" (or superuser) commands, and regular users should NOT have those directories in their PATH.
This has been broken for a long time on every distribution I've looked at though.