On 07/24/2010 04:39 PM, Matt McCutchen wrote:
On Sat, 2010-07-24 at 16:36 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 12:14:33AM -0400, Casey Dahlin wrote:
>>> Why is the systemd executable in /bin instead of /sbin?
>> Without looking too closely I believe systemd eventually seeks to replace
>> things like gnome-session daemon. It has session management in mind as
>> well as system.
>
> Still belongs in /sbin, unless it's meant to actually be executed directly
> by end-users.
No. If that were the criterion, update-mime-database would belong
in /sbin .
I suspect the argument is likely the other way round - namely its
replacing init - therefore probably belongs in /sbin - no ?
Oh - and may also do user session management as an additional feature
in addition to being the init daemon ...
gene