/etc/init.d in the default $PATH ?

[Traian Gheorghe ONCIU]

> So, what it the rationale for /etc/init.d not being in the default
> $PATH, for root at least?
>

Very very bad idea. Imagine only this: look at /sbin/iptables and 
/etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables (or /etc/init.d/iptables, since /etc/init.d is a 
symlink to /etc/rc.d/init.d). You want to run iptables binary (elf) and you 
launch iptables service, that's call /sbin/iptables to initialize IP tables 
with default values (using /etc/sysconfig/iptables for all default values you 
need).

I have also this question in the past, but I've found myself that this idea is 
wrong, so I create symlinks to all the service I need naming with 'rc-' before 
their names (/etc/rc.d/init.d/network become, as symlink, rc-network).
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ing. Traian Gheorghe ONCIU
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