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

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Stone <sstone@example.com> writes:

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

Because I don't do `grep gets' and the like on every package I snag
off the net.

The rare ones I do that for get promoted to /usr/bin, usually via some
sort of /etc/alternatives mechanism, although sometimes I make a local
.deb for them.  This solution isn't optimal but it's quite good enough
for me since its fairly rare.  I don't want packages I haven't source
reviewed running with root privileges unless I say so explicitly.

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