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Date:      Tue, 27 Apr 1999 17:27:52 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        sobomax@altavista.net
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Confusing location of md5 program 
Message-ID:  <20044.925226872@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 27 Apr 1999 18:11:08 %2B0300." <3725D38C.2153F5B8@altavista.net> 

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In message <3725D38C.2153F5B8@altavista.net>, Maxim Sobolev writes:

>Does anybody can explain why md5 located in /sbin directory? As far as I
>know in /sbin only program which intended for super-user (like mount(8))
>or have some features only for super-user (like ping(8)) are located.

It's there so that you have it if you're trying to figure out what
binaries an intruder has messed with.

This may be a bad argument.

--
Poul-Henning Kamp             FreeBSD coreteam member
phk@FreeBSD.ORG               "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far!


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