Why split bin + sbin?

Posted Oct 2, 2025 11:39 UTC (Thu) by joib (subscriber, #8541)
In reply to: Why split bin + sbin? by intelfx
Parent article: Alpine Linux plans /usr merge

As a tacit admission of this, one can note that most(?) Linux distros out of the box add /sbin and /usr/sbin to the PATH also for normal users.

(Also makes using sudo easier.)

Why split bin + sbin?

Posted Oct 2, 2025 12:07 UTC (Thu) by aragilar (subscriber, #122569) [Link] (1 responses)

At least the Debian-derivatives don't by default (which for interactive systems I expect to be a majority by number of system, if not also by individual variants).

Why split bin + sbin?

Posted Oct 2, 2025 12:19 UTC (Thu) by joib (subscriber, #8541) [Link]

If you count Ubuntu among the Debian derivatives, at least that one does.