Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 09:29:48 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> To: sobomax@altavista.net Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Confusing location of md5 program Message-ID: <199904271529.JAA00424@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 27 Apr 1999 18:11:08 %2B0300." <3725D38C.2153F5B8@altavista.net> References: <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. : md5 in my opinion doesn't fall into any of this categories. : Furthermore, corresponding man page (md5(1)) states "FreeBSD General : Commands Manual"... At a guess, it is there to ensure that when you boot single user, and have only /, you can still verify the integrety of other files... Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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