Nvidia problems

Jeff Vian jvian10 at charter.net
Mon Apr 10 00:51:53 UTC 2006


On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 03:05 +0300, wld wrote:
> On 4/10/06, Jeff Vian <jvian10 at charter.net> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2006-04-09 at 15:18 -0400, Dan wrote:
> > > Jeff Vian wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 2006-04-09 at 04:05 -0400, Dan wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Andrew wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> Jörn Rink wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> Am Fri, 07 Apr 2006 23:07:44 -0600
> > > >>>> hat andrew <fedora at tolboe.org> (andrew) folgendes geschrieben:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > snip
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >> module-init-tools . It's in /sbin, so you need to be root (not sudo either).
> > > >> -Dan
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > > "/sbin/lsmod" works for me as a regular user.
> > > > You need the path but do not need to be root to run it.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Oh, for me too. Did they change that in FC5? /sbin used to be root-read
> > > only.
> >
> > /sbin has NEVER been restricted to root only.
> >
> > It just does not get put into the normal users path so things there are
> > not accessible for the untrained or non-adventurous.
> >
> 
> But not all programs in /sbin, /usr/sbin work for "mortal" users -
> try eg. /sbin/insmod
> 
Exactly! 
That is the location for system administration tools.  Thus a normal
user likely does not need most of them. The name tells all --  "sbin"
means (historically at least) system binaries.

Just having access to the tool does not necessarily mean it works for
you if you are a regular user.  :-)  That is why they are not in a
normal users path.  :-)

Read up on the directory structure and why it is that way.




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