Re: tlug: make /usr/local/ a link to /usr/ ?

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> >>>>> "mc" == Michael Casinghino <michael@example.com> writes:
> 
>     mc> I have moral objections to making distinctions between
>     mc> /usr/local/ and /usr/.  I mean isn't _everything_ local?
>     mc> Really?  Is there a reason I shouldn't do this?
> 
> On my box /usr/local/bin is in user steve's PATH, but not in user
> root's PATH.  Why this should be so is left as an exercise for the
> reader.

It's also a good idea to only have /sbin and /usr/sbin in root's path, not
in the users' path.  Steve, I'm not sure I understand why root shouldn't
have access to /usr/local/bin as well?  granted it should search
everywhere else first, but... ?

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
Head of TurboLinux Development/Systems Administrator
Pacific HiTech, Inc (USA) / Pacific HiTech, KK (Japan)


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