Debian Bug report logs - #880647
Suggest symlinks to binaries from /usr/bin

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Colm Buckley <colm@tuatha.org>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Suggest symlinks to binaries from /usr/bin

Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 08:57:46 +0000

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Package: zfsutils-linux
Version: 0.7.3-1

As 'zfs allow' now allows certain functions to be executed by any user, I
suggest a symbolic link from /usr/bin/zfs to /usr/sbin/{zfs, zpool} be
included.

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Message #10 received at 880647@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>

To: 880647@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Pkg-zfsonlinux-devel] Bug#880647: Suggest symlinks to binaries from /usr/bin

Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2017 02:49:08 +1100

On Fri, Nov 03, 2017 at 08:57:46AM +0000, Colm Buckley wrote:
> As 'zfs allow' now allows certain functions to be executed by any
> user, I suggest a symbolic link from /usr/bin/zfs to /usr/sbin/{zfs,
> zpool} be included.

Why? What's so special about the zfs tools?  There are many other
tools in /sbin and /usr/sbin that provide some (generally limited)
functionality to non-root users, but none of them have a symlink
cluttering up /usr/bin.

Users who need the zfs and other sbin tools in their $PATH can easily
add the sbin directories in their .bashrc or whatever. It works and it's
easy to do - I've been doing exactly that on linux systems for over 35
years.

craig

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craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au>

Message #15 received at 880647-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Aron Xu <aron@debian.org>

To: Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>, 880647-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Pkg-zfsonlinux-devel] Bug#880647: Bug#880647: Suggest symlinks to binaries from /usr/bin

Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2017 12:15:54 +0800

On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 11:49 PM, Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 03, 2017 at 08:57:46AM +0000, Colm Buckley wrote:
>> As 'zfs allow' now allows certain functions to be executed by any
>> user, I suggest a symbolic link from /usr/bin/zfs to /usr/sbin/{zfs,
>> zpool} be included.
>
> Why? What's so special about the zfs tools?  There are many other
> tools in /sbin and /usr/sbin that provide some (generally limited)
> functionality to non-root users, but none of them have a symlink
> cluttering up /usr/bin.
>
> Users who need the zfs and other sbin tools in their $PATH can easily
> add the sbin directories in their .bashrc or whatever. It works and it's
> easy to do - I've been doing exactly that on linux systems for over 35
> years.
>

Changing $PATH is recommended, people doing this may also consider
adding sudo configuration to make certain users able to run those
commands without needing to gain root everytime.

Regards,
Aron

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