Since passwd is an essential system administration tool, it's a very bad idea to have it in /usr/bin. Please change it so it installs in /bin.
and create a symlink from /usr/bin/passwd to /bin/passwd
Why's that? The reason that passwd should be in /bin is because its necessary, even if /usr couldnt be mounted. If you use symlinks, /usr still needs to be mounted. And if you mean that /usr/bin/passwd -> /bin/passwd, then "why?" I don't really think there are tools that rely on passwd being in /usr/bin/passwd, and if there are, they're Bad :)
We follow FHS, for which the spec can be found at: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ According to extracts at bottom, /bin are used for system critical utilities needed in *single* user mode until /usr are mounted. /usr/bin on the other hand are for general utilities/whatever not needed in single user moded. Thus we have passwd, like Redhat, Mandrake, etc in /usr/bin, and *NOT* in /bin, as it is not needed in single user mode to get /usr and the rest up and running, or to repair the system (cases where you may need passwd, /usr, etc is usually still in tackt, if not, you have bigger problems than your current passwd :/). Thus, this is invalid. ------------------------------------------------- 3.4 /bin : Essential user command binaries (for use by all users) 3.4.1 Purpose /bin contains commands that may be used by both the system administrator and by users, but which are required when no other filesystems are mounted (e.g. in single user mode). It may also contain commands which are used indirectly by scripts.[footnote 1] -------------------------------------------------- 4.5.2 Specific Options The following directories, or symbolic links to directories, must be in /usr/bin, if the corresponding subsystem is installed: "/usr/bin" mh "Binaries that are not needed in single-user mode" Commands for the MH mail handling system (optional)
