Adding /sbin and /usr/sbin to everyone's path in F10

[Thomas M Steenholdt]

Debarshi Ray wrote:
>>  2. 80-90% of programs under */sbin are without any use for normal
>>    users; mentioned 'ifconfig' + 'route' are called by normal users
>>    for diagnostic reasons only. This assumes some adminstrative
>>    knowledge including awareness about the special /sbin paths.
> 
> ping is also used for diagnostic uses only, is setuid root and stays
> in /bin. One might argue that ping and traceroute also require
> "administrative knowledge".
> 
>>  3. tab-completion will show me a lot of new programs which are for zero
>>    use. This will slow down my work.
> 
> I have over 3150 binaries in my default Fedora path now. The sbin
> stuff amounts to 600 more. Come one, that is just a 20% rise.
> 
>>  4. problems which are tried to be solved can be handled much better at
>>    other places (e.g. modify 'sudo' to search in */sbin, or link commonly
>>    used programs to */bin)
> 
> One has to configure sudo separately. So that is not much of a
> usability improvement.
> 
> Cheerio,
> Debarshi

I believe an update to the default /etc/sudoers file adding to the path 
via env_keep should be doable?

/Thomas