Re: First use of /sbin in Unix?

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From: Al Kossow
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2018 16:57

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On 6/5/18 9:44 AM, DMcCunney wrote:
> This forum is a repository of computer history

Not really.

Try the Unix Historical Society mailing list tu...@tuhs.org

That's where the Unix greybeards hang out.

I thought /sbin was something SunOS introduced as something needed for NFS and diskless workstations.

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