/usr/sbin is not in $PATH on Debian 11 bullseye. Is this correct?

[postcd]

Hello,

$ echo $PATH

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/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games

The traffictoll installed by "pip3 install traffictoll" failed to work because it could not access tc (/usr/sbin/tc)

So i did:

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export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin:/home/$(whoami)/.local/bin
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin:/home/$(whoami)/.local/bin" >> ~/.bashrc

Is it correct that it is not included or i or some app accidentally removed /usr/sbin from PATH?

[p.H]

/sbin and /usr/sbin are not in normal users' $PATH, only in root's $PATH.

[craigevil]

I added this to my bashrc

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# Fix PATH
PATH=$PATH:/home/pi/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/pi/.local/bin:

[reinob]

@postcd,

You do realize that "tt has to be run as root" (from https://github.com/cryzed/TrafficToll).
/sbin, /usr/sbin and /usr/local/sbin will be in root's PATH,
(if you run your command with sudo or become root using "su -" or just login as root, depending on your config.)

[fuzzyeric]

Seems to be problematic for PAM_mount, particularly pmvarrun.

fuzzy@client0008 ~ $ sudo -i
[sudo] password for fuzzy:
HXproc_run_async: pmvarrun: No such file or directory
root@client0008:~# whereis pmvarrun
pmvarrun: /usr/sbin/pmvarrun /usr/share/man/man8/pmvarrun.8.gz
root@client0008:~# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
root@client0008:~# exit
logout
HXproc_run_async: pmvarrun: No such file or directory
fuzzy@client0008 ~ $ echo $PATH
/home/fuzzy/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
fuzzy@client0008 ~ $

[jmgibson1981]

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$ head -n 1 /etc/environment
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/share/games:/opt/kodimatrix/bin"

I get lazy. I don't see a problem with this. If it needs root it will demand it anyway so it will still require authentication. Saves me from having to remember which ones I can and can't do.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Seems to be problematic for PAM_mount, particularly pmvarrun.

fuzzy@client0008 ~ $ sudo -i
[sudo] password for fuzzy:
HXproc_run_async: pmvarrun: No such file or directory
root@client0008:~# whereis pmvarrun
pmvarrun: /usr/sbin/pmvarrun /usr/share/man/man8/pmvarrun.8.gz
root@client0008:~# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
root@client0008:~# exit
logout
HXproc_run_async: pmvarrun: No such file or directory
fuzzy@client0008 ~ $ echo $PATH
/home/fuzzy/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
fuzzy@client0008 ~ $

Using sudo should add /usr/sbin/ to PATH:

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$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
$ sudo -i
# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
#

Can we see

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sudo -l

EDIT: disregard, see below.

[p.H]

Using sudo should add /usr/sbin/ to PATH

It does:

root@client0008:~# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin

But I guess it happens after PAM stuff.