From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:51857 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752780AbZI2VAx (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:00:53 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:00:02 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Johannes Berg Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [rfkill PATCH] default install to $(PREFIX)/sbin Message-ID: <20090929210001.GG2678@tuxdriver.com> References: <1254246097-4490-1-git-send-email-linville@tuxdriver.com> <1254256477.30589.1.camel@johannes.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1254256477.30589.1.camel@johannes.local> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 10:34:37PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 13:41 -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > > The rfkill utility isn't generally useful to normal users, so move it to > > /sbin with other system management executables. > > Seems to me that it's kinda useful, it should be possible for most users > to use the event and query interface if the /dev/rfkill permissions are > set up correctly. Sure, but (just like ip, ifconfig, or iwconfig) nothing stops people from using them in /sbin or /usr/sbin. It is just a convention for tools that are more for system management than for day-to-day use. Hopefully most people will stick with NM or whatever and may stay completely unaware of the rfkill utility. :-) John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.