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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!hookup!news.mathworks.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!portal.ca!portal.ca!not-for-mail From: curt@portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: NetBSD on sparc - problems Date: 20 Dec 1995 12:36:23 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Ltd. Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4b9s47$env@cynic.portal.ca> References: <4b7uj3$d86@unix2.sysnet.net> <vqy68fczbn7.fsf@pattern.arlington.ma.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca In article <vqy68fczbn7.fsf@pattern.arlington.ma.us>, John Kohl <jtk@kolvir.arlington.ma.us> wrote: >>>>>> "Matt" == Matthew Patton <patton@sysnet.net> writes: >In article <4b7uj3$d86@unix2.sysnet.net> patton@sysnet.net (Matthew Patton) writes: > >Matt> 2) Why is chown in /usr/sbin? > >You must have privileges (i.e. be root) to chown(8) files. Programs for >administration are put into /sbin or /usr/sbin. Programs for "normal" >user use are in /usr/bin or /bin. He was actually asking why it's in /usr/sbin as opposed to /sbin. Presumably it's there because you don't need to use chown until you're past the stage where you can mount /usr. cjs -- Curt Sampson curt@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.