I am going with system. The Linux Filesystem Standard people (from LSB) have this to say: /sbin should contain only binaries essential for booting, restoring, recovering, and/or repairing the system in addition to the binaries in /bin. I agree with Darrin's explanation of what goes where. On 0, Darrin Chandler wrote: > On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 06:58:36AM -0700, Eric Shubes wrote: > > What's the 's' supposed to stand for? System (as in OS)? > > Where should application scripts go by convention? Somewhere referenced by > > $PATH I'm imagining. /usr/local/bin? > > I'm pretty sure it stands for one of "secure" or "system" or that word > from Mary Poppins. sbin is usually reserved for scripts and programs > only used by the system or by root. Scripts normally run by plain users > should go in /usr/local/bin. Depending on your distro, users in various > groups (wheel, operator, staff, etc) may have sbin in their paths as > well. > > Note that any user is free to modify their own $PATH, and placing > something in /usr/local/sbin is not a security measure. It's a > convenience so that users who can't or shouldn't run certain programs > don't have it on their path by default. > > The distinction between /?bin, /usr/?bin, and /usr/local/?bin is also > important. Things that should be available from the very beginning, or > available in single user mode, etc., should be in /?bin since that's on > the root partition (stuff in /usr/* may not be available) > > -- > Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD Users Group > dwchandler@stilyagin.com | http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/ > http://www.stilyagin.com/ | > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss