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Re: Patch: adding /usr/local/sbin to paths

This is a discussion on Re: Patch: adding /usr/local/sbin to paths within the mailing.openbsd.tech forums, part of the OpenBSD category; --> On 2/3/07, Gregory Hinton <zenbum@gmail.com> wrote: > The following patch fixes the problem of whereis(1) not finding > executables ...


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Old 02-18-2008, 09:10 AM
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Default Re: Patch: adding /usr/local/sbin to paths

On 2/3/07, Gregory Hinton <zenbum@gmail.com> wrote:
> The following patch fixes the problem of whereis(1) not finding
> executables which have been installed in /usr/local/sbin.


Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the point that /usr/local/sbin
should only be in the path if the user explicitly makes it so, so that
shady programs are less troublesome or something?
And isn't a better fix to define this in your .login when you're
setting up your $PATH anyway?

-Nick

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